Le voyageur et le nouveau-né

In traditional societies where transition rituals are in use, there always comes a marginal moment, overlapping two worlds, the ancient and the news. At that stage, the two worlds open up cross-cut. The individual subjected to transition rituals then loses his identity, his name, his status. The newborn baby, coming from the realms of ancestors and entering the land of the living, is welcomed by the community who will make up his identity and go far as give him a « de marque » status, using the « noumenon » of a Stranger. The same agent is used in cases of illness or of death threat, as shown by examples chosen among Rumanian peasant rituals

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