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1. The Invention of tradition
by Hobsbawm, E. J. 1917-2012 (Eric J.) and Ranger, T. O
1983, Past and present publications, ISBN 9780521246453, Volume 15, vi, 322
Rites and ceremonies | Origin | Folklore | Manners and customs | History | Sociology
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2. Food, sacrifice, and sagehood in early China
by Sterckx, Roel, 1969
2011, ISBN 9781107001718, ix, 235
Philosophers | China Kings and rulersHistory | Food habits | Senses and sensation | History | Rites and ceremonies | China Religious life and customs | Rituals | Religious aspects | China History | Confucianism | Sacrifice | Food | To 1500 | China
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3. Becoming Mapuche
: person and ritual in indigenous Chile
by Course, Magnus
2011, ISBN 9780252078231, xiv, 200
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4. Water and ritual
: the rise and fall of classic Maya rulers
by Lucero, Lisa Joyce, 1962
2006, 1st ed., The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies, ISBN 0292709994, xiv, 253
Water | Rites and ceremonies | Central America Economic conditions | Mexico Economic conditions | Religious aspects | Water rights | Kings and rulers | Mayas | Politics and government
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5. Ritual retellings
: Luangan healing performances through practice
by Herrmans, Isabell
2015, Epistemologies of healing, ISBN 9781782385653, Volume 16, ix, 294
Rites and ceremonies | Healing | Ethnology | Traditional medicine | Dayak (Indonesian people)
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6. The first Maya civilization
: ritual and power before the classic period
by Estradi-Belli, Francisco
2011, ISBN 9780415429948, xvi, 176
Petén (Guatemala : Department) Antiquities | Antiquities | Mayas | Excavations (Archaeology) | Maya architecture | South American Archaeology | Maya architecture - Guatemala - Peten (Dept.)
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7. God of justice
: ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas
by Sax, William Sturman, 1957
2009, ISBN 9780195335866, xii, 284
Bhairava (Hindu deity) | Spiritual healing | Religious aspects | Rituals | Healing | Folklore | Hinduism | Cult | Social justice | Theology | Sociology and Anthropology of Religion | Garhwal (Region) | India | Bhairav | Possession | Central himalayas | Dalits | Cursing | Exorcism | Healers | Blood sacrifice | Oracles
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8. Upper Perené Arawak narratives of history, landscape, and ritual
by Mihas, Elena and Rosas Rodríguez, Delia, author and Santos Pérez, Gregorio, author
2014, ISBN 9780803265288, lxxviii, 402
Oral tradition | South America | Social life and customs | Perene River Valley (Peru) Social life and customs | Ashaninca Indians | Ethnology | Anthropology | Narration (Rhetoric) | Folk literature | Cultural | Campa language | Rites and ceremonies | Native American Studies | SOCIAL SCIENCE | Discourse analysis | History and criticism | HISTORY | Ethnic Studies
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9. Transforming warriors
: the ritual organization of military force
by Jackson, Peter, 1971- editor of compilation and Haldén, Peter, editor of compilation
2016, Cass military studies, ISBN 1138642835, x, 240
Military socialization | Soldiers | Military life | Religious aspects | Psychology | Ritual | War | Sociology, Military | History | Training of | Religion | Military Studies | Military Sociology | War & Conflict Studies | Samhällsvetenskap | Social Sciences | Krigsvetenskap | Sociology | Sociologi | social theory. modernity | rituals | Military sociology
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10. Full Text Rites of the God-King
: Sānti and Ritual Change in Early Hinduism
by Geslani, Marko
08/2018, Oxford Ritual Studies Series, ISBN 0190862882, 337
Hinduism | Atonement (Hinduism)-History | India-Kings and rulers-Religious aspects | Hinduism-Rituals-History | Vedism | Image worship | Priesthood | Ritual | Astrology/divination | Consecration | Kingship | Ritual change
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11. Healing symbols in psychotherapy
: a ritual approach
by Goodwyn, Erik D., 1970
2016, ISBN 9781138120266, viii, 231 pages
Signs and symbols | Ritual | Psychotherapy | Ethnopsychology | Religious aspects | Psychology | Religion & Anthropology | Archaeology | Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology - Adult | Jungian Psychotherapy | Religion and Philosophy | Jung & Analytical Psychology | Psychotherapy - Religious aspects
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12. Full Text Religious Resurgence, Authoritarianism, and “Ritual Governance”: Baci Rituals, Village Meetings, and the Developmental State in Rural Laos
by Singh, Sarinda
The Journal of Asian studies, ISSN 0021-9118, 11/2014, Volume 73, Issue 4, pp. 1059 - 1079
Buddhism | Religious practices | Rituals | Religious rituals | Socialism | Villages | Research Articles | Governance | Governors | Authoritarianism | Government officials | Social Sciences | Area Studies | Asian Studies | Arts & Humanities | folk rituals | Nakai (Laos) | Buddhists | authoritarianism | religious rites | state | rites | Laos | Economics | Morphological source materials | Asia | Ethnology | Social organization, political organization and power, relations with the State | Economic changes and development | Social structure and social relations | Rites and ceremonies | Panchayat | Analysis | Ritual | Management | Social aspects | Case studies | Rural areas | Rites & ceremonies | Ideology | Religion | Tai Kadai languages | Persuasion | Baci ritual
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13. Kajda
: music and women's rites among Kosovarian Roma
by Staiti, Nico, author
2016, ISBN 9788870968378, xii, 293 pages
Rites and ceremonies | Folk music | Romanies | Social life and customs | Women, Romani | Kosovo (Republic) Social life and customs | History and criticism | Effeminacy
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14. Full Text Ritual
by Grimes, Ronald L
Material religion, ISSN 1743-2200, 03/2011, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 76 - 83
Religion | Arts & Humanities | wood sculpture | folk rituals | Santa Fe (New Mexico) | religious rites | egg | United States | statue | rites | Virgin Mary
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15. Full Text Rites, Rights and Rhythms
: A Genealogy of Musical Meaning in Colombia's Black Pacific
by Birenbaum Quintero, Michael
01/2019, Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music, ISBN 0199913927, 345
Ethnomusicology | Blacks-Colombia-Social conditions | Folk music-Colombia-History and criticism | Blacks-Colombia-Music-History and criticism
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16. Ngoma
: discourses of healing in central and southern Africa
by Janzen, John M
1992, Comparative studies of health systems and medical care., ISBN 0520072650, Volume no. 33, xv, 241
Rites and ceremonies | Healing | Traditional medicine | Rites and cremonies | Africa, Central | Anthropology | Folk medicine | Africa, Southern | SOCIAL SCIENCE
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17. Divine justice
: religion and the development of Chinese legal culture
by Katz, Paul R., 1961
2009, Academia Sinica on East Asia, ISBN 9780415443456, xiii, 224
Customary law | Rites and ceremonies | Justice, Administration of | China | Religious life and customs | History | Religion and law | Asian Studies | Chinese Culture & Society | Chinese History | Chinese & Japanese Religions | Asian Law | China - Religious life and customs - History
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18. Recasting ritual
: performance, media, identity
by Hughes-Freeland, Felicia, 1954 and Crain, Mary M. 1953- (Mary Markwell)
1998, European Association of Social Anthropologists, ISBN 9780415182799, vi, 168
Rites and ceremonies | Ritual | Ritual in mass media | Ethnopsychology | Performance | Identity (Psychology) | Cultural Studies | Anthropology - Soc Sci | Sociology & Social Policy | Mass media and culture
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