Arts & Culture
Symbolic Anthropology and the Interpretation of Rituals
Quick fact
Anthropologist Victor Turner observed that in the liminal phase of a ritual, participants become symbolically 'invisible'—stripped of their normal social status—and enter a state of 'communitas,' bonded together equally.
Why this is interesting
Have you ever wondered why a handshake or a wedding ring carries so much weight? Rituals are everywhere, and they speak a language we often don't realize we're reading.