Rites of Passage

The Rites of Passage is a ceremony performed by the final contestants before the Final Immunity Challenge. It occurs while the final three or four contestants (depending on whether there is a Final Two or a Final Three) travel to their Final Challenge. The contestants walk past the torches of their eliminated competitors, in the order of their elimination, and recite a few words about that player. They then collect items, or the torches themselves, as they go and by the end of their journey, they burn them as a way to pay respect. The most recent Rites of Passage that was shown was during Survivor: One World (The Rites of Passage was done in Survivor: Redemption Island, however it wasn't aired but was available on the CBS website.)

Trivia

 * Although torches are usually used to represent the eliminated castaways during the Rites of Passage, in Survivor: Thailand, the final four castaways were asked to instead make wreaths (as part of Thai culture) for each of their fallen comrades.
 * The Rites of Passage in Survivor: The Amazon is the only event that did not occur on the penultimate day of the game. Rather, an impromptu Rites of Passage was held by the final two contestants of the last day of the game. Like in Thailand, torches were not used. Instead, the names of the eliminated contestants were written on the side of a crate.
 * Osten Taylor of Survivor: Pearl Islands was the first castaway to not be included in the Rites of Passage due to the fact that he quit. However, during the Rites of Passage scene, the show cut to a shot of Osten's torch lying down at Tribal Council where he withdrew from the game. In subsequent seasons, quitters had their torches lain down because they were not propery voted out.
 * The Rites of Passage in Survivor: All-Stars was the first time that eliminated contestants spoke of their journey themselves.
 * Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk of Survivor: Palau were not included in the Rites of Passage because they were eliminated without being chosen to be on a tribe, thus not having the chance to go to Tribal Council.
 * Survivor: Cook Islands was the first time that four castaways went to the Rites of Passage rather than three seen in seasons prior as it was the first three person Final Tribal Council.
 * Survivor: South Pacific is the only season thus far to not have a Rites of Passage shown, either televised or online.