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Human Sacrifice in the Roman System of Beliefs – Mamuralia, Sacra Argeoum, Saturnalia, Compitalia [PDF]
, 2015 Apotropaic behaviours in the Roman system of beliefs required the use of various forms of offerings in order to achieve the expected sacral goal. We may assume, that a full effectiveness of such actions was asserted only by human sacrifice.
Kaczor, Idaliana
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Holding on to Culture: The Effects of the 1837 Smallpox Epidemic on Mandan and Hidatsa [PDF]
, 2018 The Mandan and Hidatsa tribes located in modern day North Dakota have a rich history characterized by elaborate social and religions structures and trade based economic systems; however, because of their stationary lifestyles and increased European and ...
Reinhiller, Jayne
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E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesInitiation rites play a pivotal role in shaping cultural identity, reinforcing societal norms, and facilitating the transmission of cultural values from one generation to the next.
Alex Kwasi Azaglo +3 more
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Art, Music and Religious Experience in Libation Pouring of Akan Religion
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1996 The Akans of Ghana are traditionally accustomed to celebrating different rituals which are enshrined in their cultural life. Libation pouring, which accompanies the celebration of great rituals, amidst the subsidence of the sound of music and dance, can ...
Desmond Ayim-Aboagye
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Examining the Contribution of Selected African Novels to the Naming Rites
International journal of literature, language and linguisticsIn the African context, a new-born baby receives his or her names during the naming ceremony. After receiving all the names, these names play a very important role in the existence of an African family.
M. Agonglovi
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Cérémonies monarchiques et musique à la cour de Charles Quint
E-Spania, 2016 The modern period sees developing and enriching the protocol surrounding the ceremonies of a monarch’s reign. The choice of a study dedicated to Charles V (1500-1558) is understandable not only by his exceptional destiny as the first Habsburg on the ...
Louise Audubert
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A Synodal Approach to Reimagining Nigerian Catholic Marriage Rites: An Afro-Theological Perspective
ReligionsThis study explores the integration of traditional African marriage customs with Catholic Canon Law in Nigeria, where cultural norms are deeply rooted.
Raymond Olusesan Aina
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Therapeutic strenght in funeral ceremonies
Cultura de los Cuidados, 2012 Care is always provided within cultural boundaries and those precise cultural boundaries will result in the type of care that should be singled appropriate to circumstances.
Juan Carlos Delgado Antolín
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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2006 The New Year’s festival in Makunduchi, Zanzibar, has been one of the central sites for the interaction between state power and religious authority. It has changed considerably since colonial times, as political rituals were grafted onto religious ones ...
Magnus Echtler
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Fatherhood as transition: The contemporary relevance of transition theory [PDF]
, 2002 This chapter explores the contemporary utility of ritual transition theory (Van Gennep [1909], 1960). Drawing on qualitative data generated during a longitudinal ethnographic study of men’s transition to fatherhood, the paper describes how the three ...
Draper, Janet
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