Four functions of ritual are
1. Orients participants to space & time
2. Connects participants to divine
3. Connects participants to larger community
4. Includes the body as an instrument for religion
and also given 3 stages of initiation rites are:
1. Separation: the initiate is removed from the rest of the community
2. Transition: (or limen, from Latin for threshold): the initiate leaves the community until the rites are complete
3. Re-Aggregation: the initiate re-joins the community
THE QUESTION IS:
Describe Purity Balls. Also, discuss how this ritual fulfills the four functions of ritual and explain how this ritual or does not include the classic elements of initiation rites.
