I never really looked at some actions as rites of passage. It is amazing how some simple things can have deeper meanings. Obviously, rituals such as the one relating to manhood among the Nuer are typical ones that anthropologists study thoroughly. in my own culture I can find some examples too... such as marriage, becoming a mother even graduating from uni. It's the processes that we go through and which change our social status. So among the Nuer - boys become men, and within my culture - a woman becomes a wife, a mother or a student becomes a doctor. These examples seem to be quite obvious. How about if we applied the rites of passage to some different actions. For example - travelling? Would this be accurate? Let's have a look:
I'm in the UK - I'm a resident of the UK
then I get on a plane (this is the part called "liminal")
I finally get off the plane and become... a tourist/ traveller/ foreigner!

interesting... great stuff!

xxx

ref:
- http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/jun2_crone_hotflash.jpg