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Using the textbook and other sources answer each of the following questions. Each answer should be about 2 pages in length.
TEXTBOOK: Stephenson, Barry. Ritual: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford UP, 2015.

1. Identify, define, and describe each of the three stages of “rites of passage” discussed in our textbook and in other course conversations. Relate each of the three stages of “rites of passage” to either the ritual you studied in your Ethnography of Ritual Experience or to the “Tribute to the Ancestors” rite as practiced by Adodi members in the analysis by Beasley, as appropriate. Name and define each stage and discuss how each stage relates to the ritual you are analyzing. Take special care to discuss the role of liminality in the transition stage of this ritual; specifically, what social or ontological states are involved in that liminal transition? Also, could this ritual be described as a “transformance” (Stephenson 92)? Why or why not?

2. Our textbook identified six methods of ritualizing actions; name and provide suitable examples for four (4) of these six methods of ritualizing actions. Next, relate all four of your chosen methods for ritualizing actions to the ritual process that you studied for your Ethnography of Ritual Experience. Where this is not possible, give examples of this method of ritualization drawn from Beasley’s analysis of the rituals engaged in by Adodi members.

3. At various points throughout this course, we have discussed Richard Schechner’s continuum from efficacy to entertainment (i.e., the “efficacy-entertainment braid”). First, define what this phrase means by discussing the role of “efficacy” and “entertainment” in ritual performances and theatre. Then discuss some of the key elements on each side of this continuum—that is, what are some aspects associated with “efficacy” in this model, and what are some aspects associated with “entertainment”? Provide examples to illustrate this discussion from the ritual practices engaged in by Adodi members wherever possible