Rituals Serve the Social Function of Creating Temporary or Permanent

question 17

Multiple Choice

Rituals serve the social function of creating temporary or permanent solidarity among people-forming a social community.We see this also in practices known as

• A) mana.
• B) liminality.
• C) animism.
• D) totemism.
• E) fundamentalism.

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