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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Ceremony and Ritual"”.
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Hilltop Archaeology: Ceremony and Ritual at the Site of Cerro Santa Rita, Chao Valley, Peru
… Occupied by people during the Gallinazo, Moche and Chimú time periods, Cerro Santa Rita fulfilled a role similar to that of a <em>huaca</em>, or temple. The people of pre-Hispanic Peru were deep set in their traditions, many of these traditions are still practiced by Peruvians today. The …
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The Ritualisation of Political Power in Early Rus (10th-12th centuries)
This dissertation examines the ceremonies and rituals involving the princes of early Rus’ and their entourage, how these ceremonies and rituals are represented in the literature and artefacts of early Rus’, the possible cultural influences on ceremony and ritual in this emergent society, and the …
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The underworld : sub-urban sensorium
… the underground has been a place of ceremony and ritual, an otherworldly escape from reality, inhabited by the literary, carceral or religious. The contemporary city calls for a reassertion of this ceremonial underground, extending beyond the infrastructural impulse. With populations …
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Independence and deference : a study of the West Riding electorate, 1832-1841
The importance of the Great Reform Act and its positive effect upon the development of popular, participative politics has recently been challenged. This study seeks to rehabilitate the 1832 Act and to examine the consequences of this major piece of franchise reform upon the electorate of the West …
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Opera considered as state ceremony
… opera as an institution, endorsing, through ceremony and ritual, the power of the state. Its main contention is that the opera institution (which combines opera companies and opera houses) is useful to the state and supported by it for reasons other than cultural. It will be argued that opera …