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The Ait Mazine of northern Morocco reenact the story of Abraham as a ritual sacrifice, a symbolic observance of submission to the divine. After comes a bacchanalian masquerade which seems to violate every principle the sacrifice affirmed. This study reunites them as a single ritual process.

The Victim Its Masks Paper An Essay on Sacrifice

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    A Paperback / softback by Abdellah Hammoudi, Paula Wissing

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 November 1993
      ISBN-13 9780226315263
      978-0226315263
      ISBN-10 0226315266
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      Anthropology Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

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      Book Synopsis
      The Ait Mazine of northern Morocco reenact the story of Abraham as a ritual sacrifice, a symbolic observance of submission to the divine. After comes a bacchanalian masquerade which seems to violate every principle the sacrifice affirmed. This study reunites them as a single ritual process.

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