Anthropology Religion

1.Choose a ”religious” ritual to observe: Church service, Baptism, Wiccan gathering, Funeral, Quinceanera, bar-mitzvah, Luau, etc(excludes any activity that is harmful to self or others or illegal.

2.Do a ”literature search”. Make sure you do a background check (google,wikipedia, religions.com) on the people and places you plan on observing. The more information you have previous, the better you are prepared.

1. Introduction- identify and describe the cultural performance: setting, participants, performance

2. Analysis- How does this qualify as ritual? what are the symbols? is there a mythological basis? “who are the specialist”?

3.Conclusion- How would this be considered “religious” and superstition? why?

INTRODUCTION 1 PAGE

BODY 2-3 PAGES

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