ANTH 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bachelor Party, Wayfinding, Dead Reckoning
26 Feb 2017
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Ritual and rites of passage in the praxis of myth. Tuc d"audoubert cave with footprints of dancers and models of copulating bisons. Les trois freres cave sorcerer is man and animal. Dance and feast to celebrate successful hunt of deer. Sing to deer and ask permission to make kill. Seasonal round adaptation of hunter-gatherers ties into ritual symbolization of spac. Australian aborigines use of song and story to transform landscape. Many dramatic narratives and religious myths have violence within them. Shia muslims enact and mourn the martyrdom of imam hussein, grandson of the pro. Sporting events where fans cheer on their teams. Sacred days and holy events pace e prophet muhammad. Consider taking of communion in mass or participating in sport ritual. Rituals demarcate events, seasons and join them in a larger circle. Trobrianders - use archaic speech to recite myths. Quechuan indians of colorado -- re-enact heroic deeds of ancestors.
