"Jugendweihe (Youth consecration) or Jugendfeier (Youth ceremony) is a secular coming of age ceremony practised by German 14-year-olds. It originated among the secular societies in the ...
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19th century as an alternative to Confirmation by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. It was especially widespread in East Germany, where state atheism was encouraged under the GDR." - (en.wikipedia.org 03.12.2019)
