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Showing 1 to 20 of 215 for “"ceremonies"”.
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An Analysis of Healing and Honoring Ceremonies Practiced by Lakota Veterans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
… is an analysis of the healing and honoring ceremonies practiced by Oglala Lakota veterans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. After a brief history of the Lakota people, Indians in the military, and the reservation, I discuss contemporary reasons that have led some Lakota men and women to …
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The role of music in the traditional marriage ceremonies of the Bemba-speaking people of northern Zambia
… time they actually marry, there are different ceremonies that have to be performed. These ceremonies include: Ukusonga (proposal), Ukukobekela (engagement), Ubwinga (wedding), Amatebeto (honoring) and Ukwingisha (lit. putting something into a container or enclosure, but denotes the highest …
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Mass choreography in modern Olympic ceremonies. The emergence of a choreographic line between the period 1984 and 2016
… sporting events that have introduced inaugural ceremonies, but among them the Olympic event continues to retain its uniqueness. Although, over the years, each Olympic ceremony has preserved and implemented its protocol aspect, the artistic component has played a fundamental role in the …
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The pit, the field and the edifice : a rhetorical analysis of the commemorative 9/11 Ceremonies of September 11, 2002
… rhetoric generated by the commemoration ceremonies recognizing the first anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. By evaluating these ceremonies generically through a set of established epideictic criteria, a comparison and contrast of form and style in relation to their varying …
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Ubwinga, a subset of Bemba indigenous knowledge systems : a comparative study of pre-colonial and post-independence wedding ceremonies in Lusaka and Kitwe, Zambia
… investigation, compared the Bemba ubwinga ceremonies performed in Lusaka and the Copperbelt during the pre-colonial era and the white wedding ceremonies performed during the post-independence era. It has further investigated the nature and existence of Bemba IKS. This study employed …
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"Forms and ceremonies to be gone through" : performance and self-knowledge in Elizabeth Gaskell's "Cranford", "North and South", and "Wives and Daughters".
This thesis looks at blatant and subversive performances in Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters. Referencing studies of nineteenth-century performance theory, I will argue that Gaskell, aware of her contemporaries' obsession with theatricality, created works that …
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The chapel and the chamber: ceremonial dining and religious ritual at the court of King Charles I
… this study reconstructs the king’s dining ceremonies and situates them within the broader context of the political, religious and cultural milieus of the court. The first chapter examines King Charles’s personal religious preferences, as exemplified by his English and Scottish coronations. …
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Family influence on utilization of remittances: A case study of a village in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan
… agriculture, basic family needs, and social ceremonies/luxury items. The focus was on the influence of four dimensions of extended family organization: exchange of financial support; authority pattern; family size; and familism. Results demonstrated that the exchange of financial support …
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Play and playfulness in organizations. Exploring post-succession role transitions through family day play dynamics
… in family businesses. By focusing on Family Day ceremonies, the study reveals how play facilitates the negotiation of new roles and identities for successors and predecessors. This research highlights the importance of play as a critical space for role adaptation, ensuring smoother transitions …
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Dithugula tša Malefokana: paying libation in the photographic archive made by anthropologists E.J. & J.D. Krige in 1930s Bolobedu, under Queen Modjadji III
… marapo ' (keeper of the bones or master of ceremonies), a versed person who officiates in ceremonies involving multiple custodies, doing so by reciting stories and enacting activities that facilitate progress within ceremonies and rituals. My engagement explores the process of pacifying a …
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The paper tiger and its predecessors: An ethnologic history of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act
… and Euro-American religions, but Native American ceremonies involve a broader range social institutions than Euro-American "religion." Hence, the analogy between Indian ceremonies and Euro-American religions broke down after passage of the act, and Indians failed to receive the legal remedies …
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Theaters of Power: Inka Imperial Performance
… of which is state-sanctioned public spectacles, ceremonies, and rituals. This dissertation examines the roles of these large-scale non-quotidian performances that are organized and directed by political agents, occur generally at specified times and locations, and include elements of 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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P. I. Mel'nikov-Pecherskii in the History of the Russian Novel
… precise description of everyday life, religious ceremonies, customs and traditions of Old Believers in the Transvolga district.
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Tradiciones académicas, ceremonial y protocolo en la Universidad de Oviedo (1608-1908)
… both in the creation of the main academic ceremonies ¿ college degree and doctorate ceremonies- and in the protocol of exceptional ceremonies, such as funerals, tributes and jubilations. This study shows the important public scope of all these ceremonies, since the institution was concerned …
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Rites of conflict among North American Indians
… another cadence of ritual. Mingled in these ceremonies were rites of conflict between formally defined social or political groups, between the sexes, between superiors and inferiors and sometimes between individuals. There were ritual departures from everyday norms in ritual clowning or …
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Factors Affecting the Establishment and Practice of Teamwork of Teachers: The Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools in Kilwa District, Tanzania
… in social matters such as death related ceremonies,ceremonies and sports, but weak in academic matters such as teaching and learning process. The researcher recommends that provision of rewards, educating teachers onthe importance of teamwork, provision of funds and improving …
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Shadowlands
… with mourning. By investigating specific ceremonies, rituals and interactions, I construct objects and installations that bridge the line between memory and memorial.</p>
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'For a decent order in the Church' : ceremony, culture and conformity in an early Stuart diocese, with particular reference to the See of Westminster
… Common Prayer, specifically from the section 'Of Ceremonies: Why some be Abolished and some Retained'. It takes as its premise the theory that arguments over the way in which worship was conducted were more important than doctrinal matters in the religious tensions which arose before the Civil …
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"For Reformation and Uniformity": George Gillespie (1613-1648) and the Scottish Covenanter Revolution
… known for his controversial works attacking the ceremonies of the Church of England, defending Presbyterianism, opposing religious toleration, and combating Erastianism. He is best remembered as one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly in London, which sought to reform the …
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