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Line-crossing ceremony

Initiation rite for first crossing of the equator The line-crossing ceremony aboard the French frigate Méduse on 1 July 1816 Neptune and his entourage during a Polish line-crossing ceremony (Chrzest równikowy) The line-crossing ceremony, also known as Crossing the Line, is an initiation rite in some English-speaking countries that commemorates a person's first crossing of the equator.

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