Leuven age set ritual repertoire | Global Knowledge Systems

Overview

The Leuven age set ritual repertoire is a rite of passage in a man’s life centring on the ten years leading up to his fiftieth birthday. For men living in or around Leuven, Belgium, a journey of socio-cultural and philanthropic activities and ceremonies commences at the age of forty with the forming of an age set and culminates at the age of fifty on Abraham Day, with a celebration in the city’s central park around the statue of the prophet Abraham. Each age set chooses its own medal, flag and uniform, and is fostered by a ‘godfather’, who belongs to an age set formed ten years before. The members celebrate and embrace life throughout the decade and beyond. An age set only disappears when its last member passes away. The age sets are characterized by intergenerational values of openness, friendship, solidarity and commitment to their age set and to the city. Differences of descent,...

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Community and Authority

Communities: Belgium
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Belgium
Countries: Belgium

How the System Works

Law, Governance and Ethics Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.

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Field-Level Provenance

title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
type: UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
categories: ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
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sourceUrl: UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
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Original Source Metadata

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ich_public_ref404

inscription_year2011

title_enLeuven age set ritual repertoire

title_frLe répertoire du rituel des classes d’âge de Louvain

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesBE

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00404

concepts_primary_namesAge groups, Initiation rites

concepts_secondary_namesBrewing, Costumes, Ethics, Everyday life, Fair, Flags, Fraternity, Friendship, Godfather, Religious practice, Saints, Social work, Travel

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/03246-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enNot supplied

main_image_copyright2009 by Eric Dewaersegger, city of Leuven

main_image_authorEric Dewaersegger

videoshttps://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/r9jGis5kQ5I

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Cultural Access

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Relationships

Age groups Initiation rites Brewing Costumes Ethics Everyday life Fair Flags Fraternity Friendship UNESCO representative list

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