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Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2023 Firstly, this contribution opts for the words "integration of the bride" rather than "handing over of the bride" during customary marriages. It is argued that the term "handing over of the bride" is problematic because it creates the impression that a ...
Tshepo Aubrey Manthwa
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Indoor Air Quality Assessment During the Use of Tobacco and Nicotine Products*
Contributions to Tobacco and Nicotine ResearchChemical toxicants released into the environment during the use of tobacco and nicotine products potentially give rise to an elevated health risk among non-users. The aim of this study was to assess the levels of a wide range of chemical toxicants in the
Wilkinson Peter J. +3 more
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Jeremiah 17:11 and blood money rituals among youths in southern Nigeria
Theologia Viatorum, 2022 This study examines blood money ritual activities among Nigerian youths in the light of Jeremiah 17:11. Existing literature has failed to provide a response through a theological lens to blood money ritual activities in southern Nigeria.
Favour C. Uroko
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci +4 more
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Ritual Artifacts as Symbolic Habits
Open Information Science, 2018 The concepts of manipulative abduction and of extending, disembodying, and distributing the mind can help delineate important aspects of the role of habits, rituals, and symbols in human cognition, including when new concepts are created.
Magnani Lorenzo
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Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2018 The article is aimed to study images of a female guardian spirit in the form of a cuckoo. It existed in one of the settlements of the Ob Mansi in the XIX — early XX century. The image had been considered lost for a long time, and it was discovered by the
Bogordayeva A.A.
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Approaching Religion, 2023 In life, identity is based on many things. In death, people tend to be identified more on the basis of religion: separate cemeteries for Jews, Buddhists and the Plymouth Brethren, separate quarters for Muslims, Yezidis, Bahá’í and Orthodox Christians ...
Jakob Wirén
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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
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Ceremonial Economics: A General Review
İstanbul İktisat DergisiCeremonial economics explores how traditional values, myths, and rituals intersect with economic practices and institutions. It differentiates between “ceremonial” practices based on tradition and cultural values and “instrumental” practices based on ...
Aras Yolusever
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The role of flowers in the personalization of Christian funerals in Denmark
Approaching Religion, 2023 Flowers are a common element in Danish funerals. Drawing on fieldnotes, interviews and survey data on funeral practices in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark as well as theories of ritualization, meaning-making and practices, this article shows ...
Henrik Reintoft Christensen
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