- Homecoming Proposals
- Informant Data: Laura Sim is a 23-year-old, female, senior (‘16) who attends Dartmouth College. She was born in Southern California, but she now resides in Hanover, New Hampshire during the school year.
- Type of lore: Customary; Genre: ritual
- Language: English
- Country of origin: US
- Contextual Data: Laura Sim attends Dartmouth College and has participated in homecoming rituals during each of her years on campus. She witnessed three proposals this past homecoming.
- Item: Every year during homecoming, many recent alumni get proposed to/ engaged in front of the Dartmouth Hall steps. Many students and alumni know about this ritual.
- n/a
- Informant’s comments: It’s an exciting thing that happens
- Collector’s comments: Dartmouth College is a place that carries a lot of meaning for the people a part of the community. Dartmouth homecoming itself is about the unity and bonding of an entire community while embracing a new life. Proposing to someone carries some of the same meanings: it’s about unity and starting a new phase in a relationship.
- Ritual, proposals
Homecoming Proposals
Leave a reply