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@Chalfie
In my culture, the eldest male is selected for the task of emptying the bins from the house into the outdoor bins. Of taking the bins to their emptying place beyond the fence. Of ensuring they are lined up so the collectors can easily see the food bin and not miss it for a week.
Of looking down the street to check the rotation matches the population. And then of coming inside. The locking of the door routine is repeated a number of times in recognition of the anxiety the first binner must have experienced.
This task is handed down the male lineage, on the y chromosome. In this house, there will be no binner in the next generation.
And so there will be no ceremony of handing on this task to a male who comes of age.
There is no ceremony for shoes. Shoes are a distraction to the task of keeping the house refuse free.