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    Performance Design

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    categories: cultural performance‚ social performance and social drama. Cultural performance includes traditional events such as plays‚ parades‚ masquerades and carnivals‚ yet 1 Madison&Hamera‚ 2006: compendium p.24 it could also involve formal rituals such as solemn ceremonies like weddings and funerals. Social Performance consists of those events one conducts everyday‚ such as talking a walk‚ shaking hands and cheering at a party.2 Lastly‚ the third type of performances are categorized under

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    religion 2unit hsc notes religion and belief systems in austrlia post 1945 Contemprary aboriginal spirualities aboriinal spirituality as determined by the dreaming Dreaming Dreaming describes an enormous variety of spiritual beliefs and not a single unified systems; it refers to all that is known and understood by aboriginal. It is central spiritual concept‚ determines not only beliefs and values and religions with people and the environment Aboriginals believe they are related to the

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    Freud's View of Religion

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    neurosis when he noticed close similarities between the behavior of his patients in relation to the source of their obsession and religious people in relation to the object of their worship. He noticed‚ for example‚ that both involve highly specific ritual behavior. In both cases‚ this behavior is filled with symbolic meaning for its followers‚ while appearing completely meaningless to the uninitiated. In both cases‚ failure to perform a particular act results in severe guilt‚ which is inexplicable

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    Island Of Tinos Case Study

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    1. Carroza: float in a parade 2. Devotion: religious observance or worship : a form of prayer or worship for special use. 3. Faith: a system of religious belief : belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion 4. Lent: the 40 weekdays from Ash edsnesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic‚ Eastern‚ and some Protestant churches as a period of penitence and fasting 5. Preservation: to keep in its original state or in good condition : to keep safe from harm or

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    White Deerskin Dance

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    The White Deerskin Dance of the Hupa Indian tribe was a ceremonial dance that symbolized the regeneration or renewal of their society‚ and functioned as an important “part of the ritual calendar that makes up the religious life of the tribe and it expresses the supernatural sentiments of the people in their most poignant form” (Goldschmidt et al.‚ 121). The ceremony served “to wipe out the evil brought into the world by members of the society who have broken taboos” (Goldschmidt et al.‚ 121); as

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    The Wasp Factory - Essay

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    childhood and all that remains of it. Frank observes many religious rituals of his own invention. As the novel develops‚ his brother’s escape from a mental hospital and impending return lead on to a violent ending and a twist that undermines all that Frank believed about himself. Plot summary The ’Wasp Factory’ of the title is a clock face salvaged from the local dump. Behind each numeral is a trap‚ which leads to a different ritual death (for example burning‚ crushing‚ or drowning in Frank’s urine)

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    use hallucinogenic plants found in the jungle with a doobie. Mayans believed that some certain of their ancestors were reborn as gods. According to the Spanish‚ Mayans could date back their ancestry hundreds of years ago in detail. Rituals would be performed to their ancestors to gain favour and support. When a member of the family died‚ they would be buried in simple graves under their houses and the wealthy ones would be buried in tombs along with their belongings such as jewellery

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    archaeological evidence pointing to animal worship during this time too. Spiritual beliefs in the Paleolithic gave way to forms of organized religion based on archaeological findings from the Neolithic. Beginning in the Paleolithic we see evidence of ritual burials as a form of religious behavior. Early modern humans buried their dead and some of those graves contained grave goods. These grave goods consisted of beads and various pieces of jewelry: bracelets‚ necklaces‚ and pendants. The grave goods

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    not these kind of celebrations in the other half of the world. In Turkey for example‚ they only have a birthday party that are not as "special" as the sweet sixteen party. Many girls get ready for it from a few months before. It is kind of like a ritual for the North Americans‚ where they go through the three stages; segregation‚ transition‚ reintegration. The segregation would be before the celebration of the birthdate. The transition would be during the celebration of the birthdate. And the reintegration

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    Rites of Passage

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    and society views‚ acknowledges‚ and proceeds with their life. Their changes are monumental not only for the individual‚ but for his/her society as well. Many changes take place during the span of a persons life. They become rites of passage and rituals of initiation-which are more than just simple changes. A plethora of come with these rites and are found in all corners of the globe. Going on vision quests‚ by the plains Indians of North America‚ to circumcision by certain Australian cultures‚

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