Practice question · Multiple choice
Turner found that initiates in the liminal phase are stripped of rank and treated as identical. Why erase distinctions the ritual will restore an hour later?
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- Ask what a rite of passage must accomplish that an announcement cannot.
- Why does the old status have to be visibly ended?
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A. Because the levelling makes the new status feel conferred
Why
A transition needs a gap. Erasing rank creates one, so what follows is received from the group rather than continuous with what came before, which is what makes it binding.
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