Anti-structure_and_communitas Ritual

in analysis of rites of passage, victor turner argued liminal phase - period betwixt , between - marked 2 models of human interrelatedness, juxtaposed , alternating : structure , anti-structure (or communitas). while ritual articulated cultural ideals of society through ritual symbolism, unrestrained festivities of liminal period served break down social barriers , join group undifferentiated unity no status, property, insignia, secular clothing, rank, kinship position, nothing demarcate fellows . these periods of symbolic inversion have been studied in diverse range of rituals such pilgrimages , yom kippur.