The Emergence Machine

Festival

process · Anthropology · Level 12 · E9

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Emergence definition

Festival emerges from the intersection of community celebrations, organized around a shared culture and pattern of behavior, and the ritualistic expression of that culture, which is rooted in a deeper sense of community and cultural identity.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “festival” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “festival”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
festival
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L7L2L1L0FestivalCeremonyRitualReligionBeliefCultureCommunityLanguageMind… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesCarnivalL13ParadeL13FestivalL12CommunityL7CultureL9CeremonyL11RitualL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Community L7 (requires) polysemous
    Organized series of celebrations -- prerequisite: community
  • Culture L9 (requires)
    An anthropological concept relating to festival, involving human societies, cultures, or evolutionary development.
  • Ceremony L11 (requires)
    Organized series of celebrations -- prerequisite: ceremony
  • Ritual L11 (foundational)
    Ritual provides the foundational basis for understanding festival.

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