Word: ritualization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...episode of "Beverly Hills 90210" when Donna's mother forced her to be a debutante and she had to wear a long white dress and perfect a curtsy. Is this merely Aaron Spelling's take on "coming out"? Or is this a justified picture of an elite social ritual...
...This ritual, dating from an earlier era, is meant to signify the fact that a woman is now marriageable. For this reason she must be introduced to society so that everyone knows she is now wife material. It generally happens during a woman's first year of college. However, most social beings have spent many a night doing the Harvard social scene. Does a woman's ability to romp around late at night render this custom less necessary? Perhaps. Even so, there is no shortage of Harvard debutantes. Unfortunately, as debutante balls have been the victims of quite extensive criticism...
That brought a new ritual to the projects. Each spring on the final day of school, children race to the firehouse with their report cards. Those with perfect attendance or outstanding grades ride home on bikes that Flowers rebuilt the previous winter. Last June nearly 100 winners pedaled out the front doors on their rewards for making the attendance rate at Hartigan Community Arts Specialty School among the best in Chicago. "We were just delighted," says Greer. "These children need to know that there are men who are black and who don't sell drugs or aren't involved with...
...vibrancy and power of these rhythmic beats create a stirring in the blood which clearly fires up the audience, and Stomp is often described as possessing a "primal" appeal on this level, or in terms of a universal "ritual" of rhythm. Its creators acknowledge that fact, adding that the show is influenced by a variety of different cultural incarnations of rhythm--ranging from Japanese and African drumming traditions to American tap dance--but that the language of rhythm seems to be universal...
...same time, Stomp is very definitely creating a "ritual" of sorts for the very culture it came out of. As McNicholas says, if people insist on deriving any message from Stomp, it should be "Do it yourself." (Using junk, household and industrial objects, by its very nature, challenges the issue of waste and challenges the notion of culture as being highbrow or detached," he says. "I.e., you don't have to buy a cello or a drum kit to make music...