A Study in the Civilization And Education of Primitive Man

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One of the purposes of the ceremonies is to overcome taboo or magic. For example, Crawley's explanation of marriage ceremonies^ is that they are employed to overcome sexual and other taboos. Ceremonial gives play to mimicry and mummery, and through dances and chants serves to impress and work up emo- tion. The occasions which are usually accompanied by ceremonial of some kind are chiefly the following : birth, initiation, marriage ; hunting and fishing seasons ; death and burial ; war.
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...ntification of a man with his totem appears further to have been the object of various ceremonies observed at birth, mar- riage, death, and other occasions. "§ There are "certain sacred ceremonies associated with the totems, the object of which is to secure the increase of the animal or plant which gives its name to the totem. These ceremonies are perhaps the most important of any, and it does not seem possible to discover where and how they arose. The natives have no tradition which deals with their origin.

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