Word: ritualization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this point, my male readers might be grumbling and curling their hands into clenched fists. I hear you. Harvard's men are clearly not thrilled with the status quo either. The proof of the pudding is Kirkland House's famous Secret Santa ritual. It was overwhelming to note that while the women requested flowers, candle lit dinners and slow dances, just how many of the House's male residents listed massages from beautiful women among their fantasies...
...directly (and predictably) onstage. But director and costume designer Julie Taymor wanted to create a different kind of fascination. Through puppetry, shadow figures and masks, Taymor makes her Lion King--at the renovated New Amsterdam Theater (see above)--the master of a powerful realm, ancient and African, full of ritual, magic...
...church the folks of Green Bay chipped in to rebuild. This season Coach Mike Holmgren, with his Poppin Fresh face and Dad-knows-best style, led his team easily into the playoffs. The Pack seems set to face the 49ers for the NFC crown, with the winner inflicting the ritual Super Bowl humiliation on the AFC champ. Can nice guys finish first again...
...spaghetti, or the student he interrupted to make a comment in class. Yet to each of those people, he has just defined himself as inconsiderate, selfish and irritating. And if he interrupts the same student again, or if the same person lands behind him twice during his little spaghetti ritual, then he is branded as obnoxious, rude and "annoying...
...Sometimes, when I pray it's not just because it's a ritual that I have to perform. It is also a way of connecting with my heritage," he says. "It reminds me of the times I used to stand next to my grandfather in Iran as a child imitating his prostrations and trying to repeat what he was saying in Arabic. You don't realize how much religion is part of your identity. At times, it's a way of remembering and dealing with your homesickness...