Homecoming Proposals

  1. Homecoming Proposals
  2. 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.
  3. Type of lore: Customary; Genre: ritual
  4. Language: English
  5. Country of origin: US
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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  9. Informant’s comments: It’s an exciting thing that happens
  10. 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.
  11. Ritual, proposals

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