GC Wk 7 Video after the Exam: Great Gatherings (55 min.) [Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, U.S.A.]

"The greatest gatherings on Earth are rituals. They bind us together and keep communities alive. In Siena rival districts battle for supremacy in a 700 year-old horserace. In Japan, two thousand men perform a chaotic fire ritual to be renewed; while in Malaysia, one devotee joins millions to fulfill a grueling vow to god. At the world's highest mass ritual in the Peruvian Andes, men are initiated into their ancient clan; and in the desert, Burning Man's new rituals fulfill our desire to belong."

Available at: Alexander Street Press Streaming Videos (Duluth)

Retrieved from https://video-alexanderstreet-com.libpdb.d.umn.edu:2443/watch/great-gatherings

 

Great Gathering in Malaysia

 

The Life-cycle Rituals class WebPage is at <https://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1604/carites.html> . It outlines the classic anthropological approach to "Rites of Passage" and "Rites of Intensification" which together are known as "Life-cycle Rituals"