The Drums of Affliction: A Study of Religious Processes among the Ndembu of Zambia
Journal of Religion in AfricaPublished 1 January 1970
F. B. Welbourn, Victor Turner
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Abstract
In this study of the Ndembu of Zambia, ritual is examined under two aspects: as a regulator of social relations over time and as a system of symbols. Social life is thereby given direction and meaning. An extended case-study of a series of ritual performances in the life of a single village community is analysed in order to estimate the effects of participation in these symbolic events on its component groups and personalities.
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