In anthropology, liminality (from the Latin word līmen, meaning `a threshold`) is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of rituals, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the ritual is complete. During a ritual`s limin......
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From the Latin for threshold, this describes a state of being between two states or conditions. Liminal beings or situations often have strong cultural or symbolic energy. Among examples are rites of passage (rituals like graduation, marriage, funeral)' transitional times (twilight, New Year's Eve); various states of consciousness (dreams, visions)...
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