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and special friends are assigned honorary roles in the ritual. For instance, one honorary role is that of "Sandek." Julie describe...
Europe, and North America (Kluge 1993). Parents may use traditional practitioners or seek medical facilities to reduce the morbidi...
towards culturally different practices. 2. The Event In order to understand the ritual it is important to understand a i...
There is a direct relationship between cultural and cross-cultural psychology. It is cultural psychology that provides the basis f...
their religious convictions. While that is an extreme illustration, behavior as expressed by particular groups does impact their o...
In thirty pages this paper discusses the cultural importance of Native American mortuary practices and burial rituals. Sixteen so...
As they enter, the dip finger tips of their right hand into a font of water that has been consecrated by a priest and they make th...
In five pages the violence associated with ritual is examined in this comparative analysis of these stories by Kaplan and Jackson....
In five pages this paper examines the anthropological text in an evaluation of the myths and rituals the author describes....
educational influence on his way of thinking. In this way, he is establishing a basic parameter from which to discourse on the dif...
ended than the monchronic and not tied to a set timetable, many task as seen as being able to be completed and it is the completi...
existence in the face of such tremendous adversity as political transformation can also indicate the growth of tradition as a legi...
In three pages this paper discusses daily worship practices, the death ritual, and Mohammad's role as profit in Islam. Two source...
with blood, however, will be spared. In historical terms, this event is significant for two reasons. Firstly, it provides a...
which the Cherokee deal with the dead has, of course, changed considerably over time as well. While today Cherokee mortuary pract...
In five pages this paper discusses food and a funeral ritual as cultural components. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....
In 6 pages this British cultural consideration examines the funeral rites and mourning rituals associated with the process of deat...
Orr (2000), peoples closely related to Alaskan Eskimos occupy the vast expanse of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and to the we...
In six pages the Eskimo death ritual is examined within the context of Purnell's Model for Cultural Competence. Seven sources are...
varied types of ritual which characterize her new home and the interrelationships between the various members of her new family. ...
in society provide numerous functions while at the same time explaining mans origins and how man relates with nature. Many of the ...
this perspective the pow wow evolved in accordance with trade needs. Native peoples and those Europeans that had invaded their la...
previously the case" (Allen, 1988: 195). It is a very popular pilgrimage that draws people from all over the region, if not the wo...
formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...
superstitious. They are often deemed psychotic by the institutions that are common to modern society, something that demonstrates ...
Christian but it was a Western culture. East Asians are from a complex culture, one that is based in Confucianism and then, Christ...
it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness...
the Christian faith, though it can be stated that this idea came from much earlier roots in human civilization. English Ritual D...
does not register the injury, then the pain is not perceived or at the very least, is not as severe. Pain is therefore subjective...
In this paper consisting of eleven pages an eyewitness account of a Vodun or Voodoo 'day of the dead' ritual is simulated and back...