Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 127 Seiten
,
Karte
Series Statement:
Monograph. American Ethnological Society 11
Keywords:
Alaska Inuit
;
Inuit, Alaska
;
Ritual und Zeremonie
;
Lebenszyklus
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The rituals and their distribution, Ceremonies at life crises. Birth and "first" events. Marriage. Death. Memorial feasts. Secret society performances. Building rites. War ritual. Rites for sun, moon, and weather. Boat lauching ceremonies. Minor hunting and fishing rites. The great hunting festivals. The bladder festival. General hunting festival. The doll festival. Whale feasts. The messenger feast. The asking feast. Aleut festivals -- 2. Ceremonial elements of complexes and their distribution. Shamaism in relation to ceremonialism. Masks and other ceremonial objects. Dress and adornment. Ritual numbers. Song, dance, and musical instruments. The Kashim. Sweatbathing and other methods of purification. Potlatch features of Alaskan ceremonialism -- Summary and conclusions -- Bibliography
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 123 - 127
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