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The forest of symbols: aspects of Ndembu ritual
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The forest of symbols: aspects of Ndembu ritual
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The forest of symbols: aspects of Ndembu ritual
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Type: Book
"The scene is Zambia in 1985. A patient has been invaded by the tooth of a dead hunter, a spirit object which causes her much pain. Only a drum ritual can cure it. The company starts to sing and drum, and when at last the dramatic climax breaks, the anthropologist sees a six-inc…
Publisher's Description: "In The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner examines rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his concept of "Communitas," which in the meantime has become famous. He characterizes it as an absolute inter-human relation beyond…