Information about Item:
- Form of material and customary folklore
- Informant: Female ’22, affiliated.
- Date Collected: 5/8/2020, 5/17/2020
Informant Data:
- The informant is a female member of the Class of 2022 at Dartmouth. She is affiliated with Greek Life.
Contextual Data:
- Cultural and Social Context:Bid night is the night when the chosen women who participated in rush are invited to their future sororities to celebrate. The significance of using glitter as an accessory, as reported by the informant, is so that all the new members feel like they are part of the same group.Item:
- On bid night, the women who get in a sorority accessorize their outfits with glitter.
Collector’s Comments:
- Item collected through Zoom.
Collector’s Name: Shadi Ali Ahmad
Tags/Keywords:
- Material folklore
- Customary folklore
- Clothing
- Sorority rush