Ritual dances

The psyche or self as depicted in Jane Harrison’s Themis is a ritual self which focuses on the collective identity of a tribe. Opposite of this self, the psyche or self as depicted Homer’s The Odyssey is a self which focuses on the individual. In Themis these collective selves centered around a ritualistic society are demonstrated by the way society connected with their gods through rituals which focused on initiation of young men into the tribe, a collective emotion, and the tribe’s connection to the earth. The epic self which appears in The Odyssey, moves away from the collective self and instead focuses on the individual. This individual self is demonstrated by the focus on Odysseus’s internal development of the consciousness, as well as the paradox between the desire for…

We learned about stories and the historical concept behind some of the words they use. One of the words that we learned about was oli (chants) or rituals and how they are used throughout their religion. For example there warriors are used in ritual type manor when it is necessary. I believe based on what I have read and what we have discussed in class that oli can also be used to remember important information such as births, deaths, good times and bad. Along with oli you have mele (songs). Just…

Relatives and mourners sing and dance beside the coffin. Dresses of white are worn by the closest relatives of the dead” (cited in Akima 488). The inclusion of dancing and singing is vastly different than what might be seen at an American funeral. As well, the Japanese wear white that is a sharp contrast to the black that American’s wear. Thus, “for Europeans and Americans, death has been until recently a relatively touchy subject, one that is not publicly very popular or comfortable.... To get…

The Yanomami are an indigenous ethnic group living in Roraima, in the north of Brazil. This tribe holds a curious funeral ritual that includes the ingestion of the ashes of the deceased. A classmate from my statistics class, told me about this tribe, because his ancestors were part of it. My classmate and his parents have never practice any ritual, however, he knows about the history of the tribe. The funeral rite is divided into three ceremonies: the samples mourn crying, the ritual…

transforming power (Livingston 8). In the case of Mary’s religion, some of the activities she participated in that were religious in nature included the consumption of peyote in order to receive visions, the smoking of the pipe, sitting in a vision pit, and partaking in the Sun Dance ceremony. The Sun Dance is an example of a religious ritual. The Sun Dance is a ritual in which participants dance and “pierce their flesh with skewers…

Religious beliefs and the rituals created to express them have played a major role in shaping artistic expression since the beginning of time. The west is no different and we find artwork throughout generations is rich with religious meaning. From the devotional art of New Spain to the Native rituals of the Southwest, the exhibit “Art of the West” at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum displays a significant narration of western culture in one of its main themes “Religion and Ritual”. This…

Korean shamanism is a religion which includes many communal and private magic rituals. The rituals rely on the shaman’s individual experience as well as her abilities to contact the spirit world where the shamanistic gods live. By communicating and placating the gods, the shaman can predict and change the future. For over 40,000 years, people have believed that there is another world where all the spirits live. It is this idea that Shamanism is based on. The roots of this religion in Korea…

often lead to mania through boy’s hunting ritual, comparative to the rituals of many primitive religions. This originates early in the novel when the boys begin dancing and chanting, “Kill the Pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” (75) Later on, their ritual escalates from dancing and chanting to actual violence, when the boys recreate a pig hunt with Robert taking the role of the pig. The boys surround Robert, hitting him and poking him with their spears. This time, the hunting dance…

executed. “Human Sacrifice/Debt Payments from the Aztec Point of View” details the Aztecs’ perspective on the ritual killings. Carrasco reasonably argues that the ritual killings of…

Native Americans Religion • Each tribe has their own religion • A ritual taken by adolescence boys, this includes a journey to have a vision of a future guardian spirit that includes: fasting, isolation and meditation. This rituals is about Animism and that everything has a spirit. Some explain it as a experience that takes the boy out of his body and while still containing consciousness. Those taking it were seeking help from a spirit guardian • Spirits can contact the human world. Some native…