Oct. 12, 1999

1. The Pre-Feast: The Heri Ritual and the Hunt as a Rite of Separation!
   
   
2. The Feast Itself
   1. Separation
      1. Getting Ready
   2. Transition
      1. A herald, and "Expectations"
      2. Receiving the Guests
      3. The next day, talking and trading
   3. Reincorporation
      
      
3. Conclusion: Where are myth and symbols?

Oct. 14

1. Dilemmas of Blood Feud and Revenge Killings: ways out are shaped by Social Drama and Conflict Process. (Seek Redressive Actions, i.e. Tapir Distribution)
   
   
2. Make an alliance, but potential new allies are probably enemies.
   1. In The Feast, host village had been raided 25 times in 16 months resulting in 10 deaths.
   2. Guests were former allies that had stolen a woman from hosts.
   3. Solution: Put on a party!
      
      
3. What's in a Party? Take everyday activities and transform them
   
   
4. Activities in the Feast and their daily prototypes
   1. Cleaning up
   2. Dressing up
   3. Cooking and Eating
   4. Dancing
      1. Heri or hunting ritual dance
      2. Braiai or ritual dance of presentation
      3. Funerary revenge dance
   5. Talking transformed into formal speech events, chanting
      1. Demanding, with haggling replies
      2. A strategy session
   6. Insults and Dueling (ritual combat)
   7. Sleeping into sleeping-as-guests
   8. Exchange everyday generalized to special-occasion balanced
      
      
5. Symbols and Myths: secular, ritual, symbols of family and trust, myths (narratives) of blood feud and revenge
   
   
6. How could this event be transformed into competitive feasting?