ANTA02H3 Lecture 4: lecture 4 notes
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Worldview tell us what reality is and how we see it. It marks a transition through a life cylce. Transition from one social category to another. ie. graduation is a rite of passage from being a student to being not a student. i. e wedding being single to being married. Any rite of passage has 3 distinct stages 1) is seperation stage (seperated from former catgeory) 2) transition (most dangerous part)i. e walking on the aale right before your wedding (3) integration reintroduction of a person into the world again. The idea of communitas happens during the transition period. It is a developemnt of strong sense of emotional feelings. It depends bonding to people who went through the same experience with you. i. e you feel communitas with your husband because they were present in the wedding with you and experience the whole thing with you.