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LIBRARY 150 SPRING 2000
  • Janet Johnson
  • Week 4

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A Celebration of CUSTOMS RITUALS of the World
  • By Robert Ingpen Philip Wilkinson
  • REF 394.2 ING

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PUBLISHED
  • Book Format
  • Facts on File, Inc.
  • New York
  • C1996
  • 224 pages

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CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Calendar of Customs
  • Development
  • Surviving
  • Socializing
  • Spirituality
  • Further Reading
  • Index
  • Events for each month
  • Childbirth Death
  • Hunting Healing
  • Initiation Dispute
  • Worship - Art

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SCOPE
  • A year long calendar of customs rituals
    including the developmental, social spiritual
    aspects of cultures around the world.

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PURPOSE
  • Very useful for sociology, history, health and
    language arts students for information on customs
    rituals around the world. How different
    societies have both unique and parallel patterns
    for ceremonies.

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  • Naming ceremonies and initiation rites
  • Wedding feasts and harvest celebrations
  • Religious rituals and funeral rites
  • Along with their special clothes, music and dance

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SPECIAL
  • The Calendar of Customs details famous and not so
    famous customs from different cultures that take
    place during each month.

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AUTHOR
  • Philip Wilkinson
  • Freelance writer and editor
  • Specializes in illustrated books on historical
    subjects and the arts

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ILLUSTRATOR
  • Robert Ingpen
  • Illustrator
  • Specializes in graphic interpretation of
    scientific theories and discoveries
  • Is considered one of the worlds most respected
    and eminent book illustrators
  • Won the Hans Christian Anderson Award of
    Illustration in 1986

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  • Well put together
  • Easy to read
  • Lots of information
  • Format makes it easy to find what you need

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  • This book can be used to do comparisons of
    cultures, societies and traditions around the
    world.
  • Comparisons may also be made about such things as
    agriculture, national days, marriage ceremonies
    and rites, etc.

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WORLD WIDE WEB
  • When searching for customs and rituals of the
    world, I found my first searches came up with
    this particular book.
  • Next came a wonderful site kml.uindy.edu/referenc
    e/culturalanthropology.html
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