ANTB21H3 Lecture : ANTB21 wk 4 lec notes.pdf
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No class on feb 28, but tutorials are still on. Ex. protestants vs catholics, in catholic religion peasants could not read the bible so they could not have a personal relationship with god, they are just repeating words they do not understand. The controversy that obama wasnt really president because he messed up a line caused him to have to repeat it. This shows that people really do place a great amount of emphasis on language in rituals. Tambiah: creating the cosmos, the polity that is the. No ritual is not a complete repetition, there is always room for a potential for failure. Its in the use of a text that makes it relevant to the parties involved and that is where the text exists. Formality: language is admiring itself in ritual contexts. Different meanings for words in ritual context vs everyday context , pg 358: sekretto. Parallelism; helps text stand out from everyday talk.
