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Dewey Decimal Number: 394.2 EAN: 9780816034796 ISBN: 0816034796 Label: Facts on File Manufacturer: Facts on File Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 1996-03 Publisher: Facts on File Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Facts on File Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Explores initiation rites, wedding feasts, harvest celebrations, religious rituals, and many other customs used around the world to mark all kinds of special occasions. Average Rating:
 Rating: - The colorful diversity of ceremonies."Celebration" is the right word. Wilkinson and Ingpen portray the world's ceremonies of development (from birth to death), surviving (hunting and harvesting, eating and drinking, healing), socializing (initiation, gift-giving, dispute-settlement), and aspects of spirituality in this clearly written, beautifully illustrated work. The ceremonial dress from all areas of the world is particularly striking, and the reader begins to see the universality of human experience beneath the colorful ... Read More 
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