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Renaud, Paul 359 n. 2
Reynolds, F. 171–2, 257
Reynolds, V. 171–2, 257
rhythm, dispersing rhythms 176–8,
189–90, 195, 202–8; laughter
280–1; music 253–5;
performance rhythms 112–20;
rituals 242–3, 254–5, 299–300
Richard III (Shakespeare) 287
Richardson, Elliott 212
rigid societies, play 102–3
risks 45–6, 54–5, 244
rites of passage. See ritual: of
passage
Rites of Passage, The (Van Gennep)
100, 286
ritual combat: Eskimos, Alaska and
Greenland 274–5; inner city
youth 277–9; Kurumugl, Papua
New Guinea 88–90, 111 n. 5,
120–29; Tsembaga, Papua
New Guinea 112–17; Tiv, Nigeria
275–7, Tiwi, Australia 26–7, 30–1,
48, 58
ritualization 99, 222–34, 295;
blocked display and performance
260–6
ritual 1–25, 37–45, 48–56, 69,
94–120, 131–2, 138–41, 152–9,
194, 218–2, 260–6, 283–4,
290–332; ancient patterns of
98–100; and play 98–110; animal
to human 242–3; animism 67–8;
body language of 262–3, 305–6;
convergences 323–4; crises
104–6, 108–10, 124, 132, 186–7;
definition of 24–5, n. 23;
diagrams depicting relation of
ritual to play, games, sports, and
theater 15–17; dynamics 55–6,
index 401
98–100; efficacy–entertainment
braid 129–63, 173; for tourists
136–52; in Broadway musicals
130–1; in theater 120–69, 207–8,
220–2, 261–2; non-productivity
11–12; primal ritual 2–7, 18, 37,
291–5; of passage 120–9,
159–60, 186, 192, 286; rehearsals
and 203–8, 239, 261, 324, 327;
rhythms of 242–3, 254–5,
299–300; ritualized aesthetic
dramas 222–34; ritualized
hunting circuits 170–86, 191, 251;
sacer ludus 2–7; selective
inattention 222–34; time 8–10
Rituals of animals 94–110, 235–7,
242–5, 260–1, 263–4, 283–4,
286–7
Ritual, specific examples: Bora
initiations, Australia 37, 44, 58;
Engwura cycle of the Arunta,
Australia 117–20, 129, 155, 158;
hevehe cycle of the Elema, West
Irian 37–45, 57–8; Kaiko pig kill
of the Tsembaga, Papua New
Guinea 88–9, 94, 112–17,
120–9, 158; “Mudmen” of
Makehuku, Papua New Guinea
138–41; Nanda initiations, Fiji
56–8; pre-nuptial ceremony of
the Gahuku, Papua New Guinea
255–6; thovil ceremonies,
Sri Lanka 90–4, 225, 231
Rockefeller, Nelson 212, 217
Rojo, Jerry 59–60, 152
Roman: reality games 51, 191;
tourists 150
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
254, 262, 354–5; and social
drama 213–14, 217–18