Here's - Center for Puppetry Arts

Herman, Llyod
Celebration : A
World of Art and
Ritual
and Ritual gathers objects
from all of the Smithsonian
museus that depict or play a
role in human celebrations. To
celebrate is human - all
societies collectively honor the
past, rejoice in increase, and
mourn loss. The objects in the
exhibition speak in unison of
the commonalities of human
celebratory expressions - the
occcasions, motivations, and
modalities. They also sing in a
many-voiced harmony of the
multitude of ceremonies and
symbols through which people
in different epochs, climes,
and conditions have ordered
and intensified their lives.
Contents Foreword by S.
Dillon Ripley -- About the
exhibition -- Acknowledgments
-- Introduction to the exhibition -
- Colorplates -- Catalogue of
the exhibition -- Objects speak
-- Elements of celebration --
Masks -- Costumes -- Sound
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and music -- Dancing --
1982 1982 Feasting and drinking --
English
Smithsonian
Institution Press