Sentences with phrase «elaborate ritual in»

One of the film's more moving moments comes during an elaborate ritual in which T'Challa visits the «ancestral plane,» where he has a conversation with his late father about the burden they've both had to bear.

Having already attended Mass in the morning, we were marched into church again in the afternoon to participate in a short but elaborate ritual in honor of the Eucharist.

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Tom Driver elaborates, «In ritual slaying, the polarity in what Schechner calls the «efficacy / entertainment dyad» seems to collapse: The ultimate entertainment (the drama of killing) has also the greatest efficacity (that the victim is really and truly slain, an irrevocable act).&raquIn ritual slaying, the polarity in what Schechner calls the «efficacy / entertainment dyad» seems to collapse: The ultimate entertainment (the drama of killing) has also the greatest efficacity (that the victim is really and truly slain, an irrevocable act).&raquin what Schechner calls the «efficacy / entertainment dyad» seems to collapse: The ultimate entertainment (the drama of killing) has also the greatest efficacity (that the victim is really and truly slain, an irrevocable act).»

Herbert Fingarette has developed an elaborate interpretation of Confucius in which the dominant thesis is that the ruler governs the empire, establishing harmony and peace, by a kind of ritual dance or observance of propriety.26 Wang was no totalitarian!

Thus, as understood in today's terminology, Mormons are not Christians, though they claim to have «restored» the original meaning, but have added an elaborate ontology, rituals and practices, which have only surface resemblance to Christianity.

In its ritual migrations and elaborate festivity, and with its dedicated retinue, hunt racing is not unlike King Henry VIII's sporting progresses through the English countryside.

If she needs elaborate bedtime rituals or clings or cries when you leave her or seems unhappy in new situations, you may want to postpone a sleepover — for everyone's sake.

If he needs elaborate bedtime rituals or clings or cries when you leave him or seems unhappy in new situations, you may want to postpone a sleepover — for everyone's sake.

And religion and elaborate group cultural rituals, like singing or dancing together, act as social glue among people in large groups.

Communal burial sites and elaborate rituals such as funeral ceremonies must have strengthened the sense of solidarity among the community members, and their feeling of unity in the face of other groups,» concluded Prof. Nadel.

As our findings show, the placement of the skin of an important domestic animal in the grave produces entirely new notions on the burial rituals and belief system of the Corded Ware culture,» elaborates Marja Ahola.

The greater sage grouse is one of a handful of lek mating species in North America; males habitually return to certain sites to perform elaborate ritual dances that attract mates — and birdwatchers.

Sage - burning rituals can be as elaborate or as simple as you want to make them, but it is most important to keep an intention in mind throughout.

While it was the 81st such event, it was the first in which I, representing the Guardian US, was a member of the Circle, and while I'd love to tell you about the elaborate initiation rituals, I'd run the risk of them taking my glasses away from me, rendering me pretty useless at my job.

I would probably spout my admiration and ask her to tell me about the elaborate beauty rituals that took place in the palace.

Thus, higher status persons received higher status sarcophagi (associated with their title) in a more auspicious location, and slightly more elaborate forms of some other ritual paraphernalia; yet all received essentially the same set of the really important offerings, and all the deceased were conducted to the afterworld at the same time by the same set of priests (sometimes groups request that their group's priest participate, so in these cases all are conducted by their respective priests at the same time).

Cruising the islands by boat, you can walk among marine iguanas basking in the sun and observe the elaborate mating rituals of boobies, albatrosses and frigate birds.

This leads on to what Humeau calls a «biological showroom» of elephants, engaged in an elaborate mourning ritual.

If both characters self - consciously construct elaborate rituals by taking turns to portray master and servant while their mistress Madame is away, then Mirren, who similarly flits between two different social classes to self - consciously construct her own personal identity, is seen taking turns in Mellor's paintings to act each side of the power divide.

Dennis McNett's woodblock prints, installations and sculptures are visual narrations of intricate mythologies and often inspire crowds to participate in elaborate outdoor rituals.

In the course of the (de) Tour, Dean will elaborate on how Chinese religion deals with ghosts through rituals and traditions.

In the 1970s and»80s, performance art ranged from Laurie Anderson's elaborate media spectacles to Carolee Schneeman's body ritual and from the camp glamour of the collective known as General Idea to Joseph Beuys's illustrated lectures.