Comments on: Menstruation, Rites of Passage, and Culture http://www.kathrynpetroharper.com/mindfullife/2004/05/03/menstruation-rites-of-passage-and-culture/ express : discover : renew : create Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.kathrynpetroharper.com/mindfullife/2004/05/03/menstruation-rites-of-passage-and-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Anonymous Tue, 04 May 2004 05:34:44 +0000 http://www.kathrynpetroharper.com/mindfullife/2004/05/03/menstruation-rites-of-passage-and-culture/#comment-285 This inspires me to take a look at a study I did on the Mescalero Apache Menstruation Ceremony in a doctoral seminar "Music and Ritual" at Eastman. As I recall it is a week-long ritual with public and private celebration/meditation focusing on the history and future of the tribe --> fertility and life It is one of the most important rituals of the tribe - feasting, dancing, and circular symbols being prevalent. There is a beautiful story of a woman who comes from the east and passes over the tribe....... barb This inspires me to take a look at a study I did on the Mescalero Apache Menstruation Ceremony in a doctoral seminar “Music and Ritual” at Eastman. As I recall it is a week-long ritual with public and private celebration/meditation focusing on the history and future of the tribe –> fertility and life It is one of the most important rituals of the tribe – feasting, dancing, and circular symbols being prevalent. There is a beautiful story of a woman who comes from the east and passes over the tribe…….

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