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The return of the traditional Irish lament - Provides context and history for the traditional Irish lament known as the keen, examining the origins of the ritual and its history from paganism through Christianity - Explores keening's shamanic dimensions and mythological connections to the Otherworld, including the world of Faerie while drawing on archaeology and traditional Irish folklore - Looks at the practicalities of keening, considering the wake as a rite of passage, the role and burden of keeners, the structure and music of the keen, and the contemporary rebirth of the practice Aiding the revival of a powerful rite nearly lost to history, Mary Mc Laughlin reveals the ancient keening lament as a ritualized practice which bears aspects of ancient shamanism while being rooted in the pre-Christian spiritual worldview of Ireland. Mc Laughlin, a singer and teacher, draws on personal experience, interviews, and historical and academic texts to provide a comprehensive and inspiring study

How the inhabitants of Western Madagascar reshape their collective identity and negotiate their place within contemporary society through royal rituals and the reinterpretation of the past.In a postcolonial republic marked by recurrent crises, royal hierarchy continues to frame social inequalities. Within this context, both the descendants of slaves and the newly rich seek to claim or legitimize new hierarchical positions by reformulating historical narratives and establishing them through royal rituals. Focusing on a cult dedicated to the spirits of the ancestors of the Silver Dynasty, Maurizio Esposito La Rossa investigates the categories of "silver" and "gold" that structure the hierarchy of the Sakalava monarchy and are also mobilized by politicians to legitimize their power. Through multi-sited ethnography, the book offers a broader reflection on the link between narratives and places and on contrasting ways of conceiving history. Whereas Western historiography--and the rise of th