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• Marmotagem (Brazil)
  ...a]] – [[:Category: Latin America| Latin America]] – [[:Category: Ritual| Ritual]] – [[:Category: Healthcare| Healthcare]] – [[:Category: Religion| Re [[Category: Ritual]]
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• Karmir khndzor (Armenia)
  | definition =The ritual of inspecting bedsheets to verify the bride’s virginity on the wedding ni ...ndzor'' (Կարմիր խնձոր, lit. ‘red apple’, Russian ''krasnoe yabloko'') is a ritual practice in Armenia involving verifying the bride’s virginity on the wedd
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• Mingbi (China)
  ...nd digital technologies in China, the use of joss paper and other forms of ritual tribute have migrated online (Xu 2022). It has become a popular means of fu ...of two worlds by which spiritual gifts are rendered immaterial through its ritual destruction. In exchange, people receive good blessings from their ancestor
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• Kako mati (Greece)
  ...e people to suffer symptoms of illness that can be removed by performing a ritual healing ...r| Gender]] – [[:Category: Patriarchy| Patriarchy]] – [[:Category: Ritual| Ritual]]
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• Kumstvo (Montenegro)
  ...''kumstvo'' <ref>Hammel, Eugene A. 1968. Alternative Social Structures and Ritual Relations. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.</ref>. The idea was that the cho ...=702</ref><ref>Mintz, Sidney W, and Eric E. R. Wolf. 1950. 'An Analysis of Ritual Co-Parenthood (Compadrazgo).' Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 6(4):341
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• Koshumcha (Kyrgyzstan)
  ...part of the Kyrgyz customary law (''salt'') (Reeves 2012:129). Within the ritual economy related to life-cycle events, ''koshumcha'' is an important informa ...urce of embarrassment (''uiat''). As pointed out by Reeves (2012:110), the ritual economy around life-cycle celebrations in Kyrgyzstan is sustained by remitt
  12 KB (1,660 words) - 19:15, 25 November 2022
• Pujogǔm (South Korea)
  ...hoi 1988: 277-310). The type of exchanges altered to money in the 1960s as ritual ceremonies either disappeared or relocated from private home to commercial
  7 KB (1,092 words) - 16:11, 12 November 2019
• Mianzi (China)
  ...erful figures, by inviting a powerful figure to give a speech at a wedding ritual, hanging a celebrity’s calligraphy or painting in a prominent place at ho ...ysis of Ritual Elements in Social Interaction’, In E. Goffman, Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-face Behaviour. London: The Penguin Press: 5–46
  11 KB (1,529 words) - 17:56, 7 June 2023
• 'Interested' vs 'Distinterested' Giving: Defining Extortion, Reciprocity and Pure Gifts in the Connected Worlds
  goods is sought by the partners), and ritual transactions (when the goods exchanged are ritual/ceremonial transactions. We may also introduce the notion of a ‘half-tran
  13 KB (1,946 words) - 16:20, 23 May 2019
• Sadghegrdzelo (Georgia)
  ...c that is then taken up and elaborated on by the other participants in the ritual. Certain topics are obligatory, such as toasts to the family and the deceas
  13 KB (1,956 words) - 18:16, 5 June 2019
• Baksy (Kazakhstan)
  ...unication with them was tabooed. As a result, Islam has reduced social and ritual functions of the ''baksy''. The healer's function remains to be the main fo ...d appeals to various saints (Stasevich 2009) and, secondly, the obligatory ritual washing of the healer and the patient before the beginning of the session (
  12 KB (1,782 words) - 13:11, 27 January 2020
• Padrino System (Philippines)
  ...ng coalition drawn from a larger group related by blood-ties, marriage and ritual kinship as well as friendship. As elite families bring such flexible kinshi
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• Group identity and the ambivalence of norms
  ...of religious life. Glencoe: The Free Press</ref> theorising that religion, ritual and ...sport, especially football<ref>Brentin, D. 2016. ‘Ready for the homeland? Ritual, remembrance, and political extremism in
  10 KB (1,543 words) - 14:39, 14 June 2018
• Project events
  ...ower acquired a non-textual mode in Alena's art displayed at the Palace of Ritual exhibition on the fringes of the 58th Venice Biennale. Three art pieces –
  7 KB (869 words) - 11:23, 27 April 2024
• Events
  ...ower acquired a non-textual mode in Alena's art displayed at the Palace of Ritual exhibition on the fringes of the 58th Venice Biennale. Three art pieces –
  7 KB (976 words) - 08:58, 7 April 2026
• Sdelat' ZAGS (Russia)
  ...official state registration of marriage in ''ZAGS'', and it is the Islamic ritual (''[[nikoh]]'') and the large-scale extravagant celebration (''tui'') that Reeves, M. 2012. ''Black Work, Green Money: Remittances, Ritual, and Domestic Economies in Southern Kyrgyzstan''. 1(1): 108–134
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• Tchop (Caucasus)
  ...ss, diarrhoea, nausea, and/or inability to eat. It is believed that only a ritual specialist is able to identify the underlying cause. Spiritual healing is n
  7 KB (991 words) - 08:31, 20 July 2022
• Pomeni (Moldova)
  Mostowicz, Irina. 2018. “A Ritual of Death or Life? The Case of Radonitsa in the Smolensk Region, Russia”,
  10 KB (1,378 words) - 15:13, 5 September 2022
• Rallye mondain (France)
  ...lso serve to differentiate the aristocracy from lower classes further. The ritual assigns specific social properties – such as behaviours and codes specifi
  11 KB (1,536 words) - 16:54, 9 November 2022
• Cumătrism (Moldova)
  ...ations created in the event called ''cumătria'', associated with religious ritual of baptizing a child. The second meaning has a pejorative connotation and d
  10 KB (1,464 words) - 17:23, 16 May 2019

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