Screen LibraryThe nature and function of rituals：fire from heaven
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Bergin & Garvey,
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| Publisher Address: | Westport, CT |
| Publication Dates: | 2000. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 308 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0897896637 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K890 |
| CLC: | K890 |
| Call Number: | K890/N285 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. The nature and function of rituals: comparing a Singapore Chinese with a Thai ritual / Ruth-Inge Heinze -- Ritualism and contactism: popularity of a Hindu ritual / Anoop Chandola -- The ritualization of conflict within post-primitive societies / Vladimir I. Ionesov -- Ritual practice in a Sinhalese village: coping with uncertainty / Victoria J. Baker -- Sinhalese puberty rites for girls / Deema de Silva -- The Philippine good Friday / Enya P. Flores-Meiser -- The Tupilaq: ritual carvings of the Dorset Inuit in the eastern Arctic and Greenland / David Kahn -- The function of rituals among the |