Ritual

Although Puqllay has no spiritual relation to our modern Thanksgiving, it still has an aspect of giving thanks to what we have been lucky enough to receive. The difficulty in explaining this ritual to someone who hasn’t experienced it lies in that strong Runakuna bond that is formed between the land and…

reasoning: Greek religion in a psychological viewpoint, rituals, myths, ancestry, and lastly Greek plays. Greek religion can be viewed with a psychological approach. There is the idea of Greek religion and Hebraic religion clashing…

barbaric. I would like to challenge this view and point out how it is in a way hypocritical to view the Mexica and Inca cultures this way, specifically in the case of the Spanish Conquistadors’ Catholic religion. I would also like to explore the rituals of sacrifice, how they were done, the meaning behind, and how these were changed once the Spanish colonized. Through…

about before this class. I have learned the meaning of tree’s as someone in India would see it, and I am learning to understand their beliefs. Although, I am not conforming to their religious beliefs and values, I better understand the process of the rituals they perform. My personal upraising probably can affect my point of view as I was raised in a Christian…

me perceive a deeper understanding of the book. One of the presentations focused on the rituals and festivals in Japan. It helped me understand why they characters in the book go constantly to Yoshiro shrine. Festivals also play a big role in Japanese culture because it unifies people and brings them together to celebrate a certain tradition or holiday that is very meaningful to them. One of the major rituals is going to pray or give thanks at the Yoshiro shrine, which is their sacred place of…

Practices Every Friday morning at a Walmart Supercenter store in Mexico, just as the night shift workers are concluding their shift and the morning shift is arriving, the staff eats breakfast together. This informal, but ritualistic gathering has not only become a tradition, it is an elemental component of the corporate culture of that particular Walmart (González, 2013). Furthermore, it is important to note that this activity is essentially free, the staff bring their own meals, but the…

Every culture develops rituals of initiation into adulthood. These rituals could include retreats, individual reflections, or physical examples like getting a tattoo or cutting hair. Some cultures in particular, may have more drastic measures of initiation. For example, circumcision is a surgical procedure in which the child is transformed into an adult. An initiation ritual that has stirred up quite the controversy is female genital cutting, as it is not a traditional ritual that most people…

For this assignment, I chose to focus on Navajo culture and after watching the video in our course materials, I was intrigued by, and therefore chose to research the Kinaalda ceremony to learn more about it. Across many cultures, coming of age ceremonies are intended to mark the transition of an individual’s new status within the society. As such, these ceremonies tend to highlight the key cultural values that the individual should embrace as they move forward in their new role within society.…

Legitimation has two parts, first is justification designed to get one comply to a certain practice. Second manufacturing the consent of those listening by giving such response as “you’ll get to hell if you don’t”. There are eight types of legitimation that are introduced in this chapter they are: a legitimation, obvious legitimation, religious legitimation, non-religious legitimation, supernatural legitimation, oppressive legitimation and intentional legitimation. In chapter five of A Critical…

shirtless staff that we want to attend a ritual, I find out later that the shirtless staff was a priest and he was shirtless because is part of the custom. During the ritual, he will be saying something in Hindu and it seems like they are singing a song. My grandfather seems to have effect during this process because his whole body start to shake and he starts to speak a different language; He seems like a completely different person. In the middle of the ritual the priest starts to walk toward…