Check out these insane rituals designed to turn boys into men! Although gone today, these rites of passage were used throughout most of time to intentionally make men face hardship and fear in an effort to make them get over their fear! Very interesting but some of these are just downright dangerous.

“Across time and place, cultures have inherently understood that without clear markers on the journey to manhood, males have a difficult time making the transition and can drift along indefinitely. Thus, rites of passage were clearly delineated in nearly every culture as one of the community’s most important rituals.”

8 Interesting (And Insane) Male Rites of Passages From Around the World