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Ubuntu and mourning practices in the Tsonga culture: Rite of passage

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2023
The article focusses on ubuntu and mourning rituals practised in the Tsonga culture. Tsonga cultures and rituals have been proclaimed as being different from province to province with a few similarities.
Hundzukani P. Khosa-Nkatini
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Brutaliser la pythie

open access: yesCahiers Mondes Anciens, 2023
The transgression consisting in using violence to force the Pythia of Delphi to give an oracle is attested around three distinct historical figures from the Classical and Hellenistic periods: Philomelos the Phocidian, Alexander the Great and Appius ...
Manfred Lesgourgues
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Traditional rites of burial and commemorate of unbaptized infants in historical and ethnographic Volhynia

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія: Ìсторія України. Українознавство: історичні та філософські науки, 2023
The aim of the study is to analyse the traditional customs, rites and beliefs of the burial and commemoration of unbaptized infants on the territory of historical and ethnographic Volhynia; to compare the traditions of the Volhynians with the traditions ...
Bohdan Solop
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Bipolar Stigma in Jewish Communities in the United States

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction This study investigated differences in mood disorder public stigma endorsed by Jewish adults. Specifically, it examined the association between public stigma and the symptomatology and gender of individuals with mood disorders and ...
L. Smith   +6 more
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Kant on the rights of citizens in matters of religion: The concept of religious tolerance in the German Enlightenment [PDF]

open access: yesКантовский сборник, 2017
The universal public law is a section of Kant’s lectures on natural right, which he delivered in 1784. A traditional part of the then natural right compendia, it might seem strange to us today.
Kryshtop L. E.
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Latter-Day Saint Liturgy: The Administration of the Body and Blood of Jesus

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Latter-day Saint (“Mormon”) liturgy opens its participants to a world undefined by a stark border between the transcendent and immanent, with an emphasis on embodiment and relationality.
James E. Faulconer
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Theory of Technomagic: Spells, Ecstasy and Possessions in Digital Culture

open access: yesComunicação e Sociedade, 2023
The rituals, ceremonies and effervescence of the sacred manifest themselves in digital culture not only through the proliferation of new religious cults.
Vincenzo Susca
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‘Booklore’ Talismans in Daily Life of the Mongols: A Case Study of Two Collections of Mongolian Manuscripts

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Introduction. By the beginning of the 20th century, the Mongols had widely used texts on apotropaic magic in their daily life. Among them there are writings with pictures and descriptions of talismans aimed at averting diseases and mishaps, attracting ...
Anna D. Tsendina
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Speed prediction models for car and sports utility vehicle at locations along four-lane median divided horizontal curves

open access: yesJournal of Modern Transportation, 2018
Sites with varying geometric features were analyzed to develop the 85th percentile speed prediction models for car and sports utility vehicle (SUV) at 50 m prior to the point of curvature (PC), PC, midpoint of a curve (MC), point of tangent (PT) and 50 m
Avijit Maji, Ayush Tyagi
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RITUAL OF CHRISTMAS EVE SUPPER IN THE OPOCZNO REGION. TRADITION AND THE PRESENT DAY

open access: yesForum Teologiczne, 2023
This article presents the customs, rituals and beliefs of the Christmas Eve supper in the Opoczno subregion, both those practiced at the beginning of the 20th century and those that have survived to the present day.
Zdzisław Kupisiński
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