- Drinking Ritual
- Informant Data: Ayana Whitmal is a 20-year-old, female, sophomore (’18) who attends Dartmouth College. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and now resides in Hanover, New Hampshire during the school year.
- Type of lore: Customary; Genre: ritual
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: US
- Contextual Data: Ayana Whitmal attends Dartmouth College and has been present for homecoming for two years.
- Item: Every year during homecoming, some students drink excessively so much so that drinking has become a ritual. The Greek system have all sorts of drinking games that students can partake in if they so choose.
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- Informant’s comments: The drinking rituals hold a specific meaning for Dartmouth students, and they want to induce this atmosphere.
- Collector’s comments: Homecoming is fun, and to Dartmouth, fun or having a good time involves drinking. This is a way for the student body to bond; to show friendship and so on. Drinking is encompassed in homecoming, and if it is not, homecoming is not truly homecoming in the students’ eyes.
- Ritual, Drinking
Drinking Ritual
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