The Jewish practice of circumcision is symbolic of binding the physical body to Christ, while the Lakota Sun Dance ritual is a symbol of the renewal of the tribe by learning through the traditions of ancestors. ... Circumcision, or Brit Milah, "is considered the sign of a new-born child's entry into the Jewish tradition."" ... The tradition managed to endure through oral tradition; until eventually elders and white scholars began to document the Lakota traditions, including the Sun Dance. (Hallowell 2010: 85) In an attempt to revive their identity from the destructive colonization, the Su...

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" - Plato The minute study of the history of the Indian subcontinent and the various historical processes it has experienced will reflect a rather vibrant amalgamation of various socio-cultural and religious traditions. ... The tradition, since its inception, is regarded to be a protest movement which seeks to contend and challenge all the orthodox, ritualistic norms of the established Brahmanical (Vedic and Puranic) religion2. ... In the space of the various, eclectic Bhakti traditions that emerged, however, women saints seem to own a space of their own and voice their opinions, bold an...

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Since they were forced to convert to Catholicism, slaves continued their religion in secret, passing along the ancient traditions either by oral tradition or in handwritten notebooks called liretas. ...

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When Christopher Columbus sailed in 1492 he connected two worlds so vastly different that they might as well have been from far ends of the universe. Native Americans, as they came to be known, were a people very much integrated with the land they lived on and saw themselves as a part of it. The Eur...

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"Speaking in tongues thus fulfilled the purpose of confirming the oral message of the New Covenant as it was being proclaimed under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and was described as one of the "signs" given for such a purpose."...

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