One of the most interesting points of Lowenthal’s reading, as I found, is that he made every effort to elucidate the fact that the past could never be accurately re-enacted. It is a constructed vision based on our memory, history, and relics. “Memory, history, and relics continually furnish our awareness of the past….and the ultimate uncertainty of the past makes us all the more anxious to validate that things were reputed.” A very significant method to connect these dots is the construction of a ritual. In this sense, the construction of a ritual is our continuous efforts in interoperating historical evidence, such as relics, memories, and words in a convincing and culturally significant way. Therefore, ritual allows a particular culture to
