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Hi friends. My new blog is @snow-and-whiskey. I’m most likely not going to keep this one very active.
@snow-and-whiskey <- <- <-
Hi friends. My new blog is @snow-and-whiskey. I’m most likely not going to keep this one very active.
Hi friends. My new blog is @snow-and-whiskey. I’m most likely not going to keep this one very active.
it is a legitimate travesty that autistic people aren't given the resources to live life as brilliant artists and instead have to play autistic death hell capitalism and get yelled at by dickheads
anthropology course discussion question was on nonreligious/secular ritual in my community so i posted about kandi trading. nobody has responded. curse you ignoramuses quit replying to the girl who wrote about prom and expose yourselves to my plastic neon bullshit
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very well… i shall indulge us both and post it here too!
the prompt was:
Rites of passage and rites of intensification are an important part of many religious traditions, but these same rituals also exist in secular (non-religious) traditions. What are some examples of these rituals in our US culture or in your own community? How do these rituals bring people together?
In one of my first posts I mentioned being part of the raver subculture, so I wanted to talk about a ritual in the rave community. One of the most well-known kinds of ravers are candy kids (or kandi kids), known for our multicolored outfits and layers of bright beaded jewelry called kandi. Its overall significance is a combination of a friendship bracelet and party souvenir. Kandi is made to be given to others, not bought or sold, so kandi trading is integral to the identity. A sense of seniority or prestige is earned by those who have a lot of kandi—much like the Trobriand men and their yam houses—as it means this person has been well-liked or experienced enough to have retained a large amount of kandi. Reflexively, it implies that the wearer has also created and traded away an equivalent amount of kandi, adding to their status and experience.
While I won’t belabor the details of crafting kandi, one can ascertain that such personalized, storied objects can be sacred, and I personally do feel my kandi is of strong spiritual significance. I have known people to be buried with their kandi or had it dispersed to their loved ones upon their death as heirlooms. Some of my pieces are from ravers I knew who have since passed away, and it helps me remember them by having a physical object with me that their hands have touched and imbued with love. In a way, when I wear their kandi it is a mini “ma'nene, in a different way” (BBC 8:25-8:28), as I feel they are dancing with me.
Over time, kandi trading has been accompanied by a specific ritual evoking the raver mantra of “PLUR”: Peace, Love, Unity, Respect. The ritual is conducted as follows:
Both participants hold up two fingers in a peace sign, then touch fingers.
They then fold their fingers to form either side of a heart, then press hands together to complete the heart, representing love.
They clasp their hands together, interlocking their fingers for unity.
With hands still joined together, the piece of kandi is brought across the bridged arms to the recipient as a sign of respect, and the trade is complete. The exchange may end with a hug, but this is not mandatory.
[I inserted the diagram of a kandi trade by @akrnwkql here]
PLUR is very important to the rave community, as much of the beginning of the rave scene around the world was marked by strife and violence. Raving has its origins in several different cultures and music scenes of marginalized people, particularly the black, gay, and low-income communities. When many people from different social strata got together in an unstructured environment like a rave, it was up to the community to manage itself. Originally “Peace Love Ecstasy”, PLUR was a way of ensuring that people got to express and be themselves without encroaching on the ways others wished to. People from different walks of life had to confront their biases and build understanding for the parties to continue. It is believed that “real” ravers live by PLUR, and by attending raves they participate in the collective effervescence of different kinds of people all coming together for the same reason: a love of the music.
Those who come as cultural voyeurs will not experience the “magnified emotional impact” and “sense of awe and wonder” (Brown et al., 290) as those who have a genuine love for the scene and music. Therefore, kandi is a symbol of that connection, and represents a memory of a moment that you shared with someone who loves what you love, “celebrating that we are alive, together, here and now” (Buzzmasta, 2:19-2:26). Although it is non-religious, raving can be a very spiritual experience for many people, and as an underground scene its community relies on and thrives in these cherished connections.
Sources:
Brown, Nina, Thomas Forsyth McIlwraith, et al. Perspectives. American Anthropological Association, 2020.
“Living with the Dead in Indonesia - BBC News.” YouTube, uploaded by BBC News, 20 Apr. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=knBnQUsj2xo. [death tw. video shows dead bodies used in religious ceremony]
magujabi/akrnwkql. Diagram of a kandi trade. Tumblr, 20 June 2017, https://akrnwkql.tumblr.com/post/162044971270.
Buzzmasta. “Shoreline (Orbit1 remix).” Full Circle Recordings Vol. 2, Big Kisses & Darkness. Electronica Exposed [EECD033], 2008. CD.
[part of this i borrowed from my previous posts about kandi and the rave scene on tumblr, particularly the shoreline sample because it’s just perfect]
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I think I'm still alive, here's a life update:
Rach and I have been together 3.5 years now. We've had a lot of struggles between ask the chaos in the world, but I wouldn't trade us being together for anything.
I passed a semester of school without failing or dropping classes, for the first time ever.
I got a car & a license (finally).
I've been better at talking and meeting new people. I met a lot of new friends in my Warcraft guild and in different online communities.
I'm more determined than ever in my new educational goals. For the first time in my life I have a real goal & I know I'm going to get there.
If we're mutuals, my snap is whiskeynarwhal, and my discord is chug#0001 😊
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2021 so far:
Rach and I moved into our apartment together in April.
I started a new job, making considerably more than I did at the previous one, and one where I can definitely see myself being at for while.
I finally got my shit together, took out a loan, and got myself a car. (Even though I still have to wait until fucking January to take the license test)
I switched ADHD meds. Its improved not only my mood and concentration, but also my working memory in a way I didn't think would ever be possible.
So, despite the ever looming threat of economic collapse or the easily solved pandemic problem, a lot of good things have happened.
Bad things happened too though. I lost a few friends to overdoses, people who radiated joy and love, who had their life cut short by no fault of their own. I had some friendships end though my own toxicity- I became the kind of person I hated and let myself do things that I regret. I gained a lot of weight from stress eating too, with money being one of the biggest factors.
But things are good. They're not great, but it's going okay. I know the things I need to improve on, and I'm ready for it. I'm ready to push myself harder; to be the person that teenage me thought would have died years ago.
I'm a few years behind the curve, but I'm just getting warmed up. I'm ready to fight my way up to the top. I'm ready to stick up for myself and advocate for the things I need. I'm ready to accept life as it is and not hold back anymore.
Ok despite this killer heartburn-acid reflux shittiness preventing me from sleeping, it has been nice to just kind of relax without doing anything.
God dude i love my friends so much. If we're mutuals and we literally have never talked, I don't care- you're my best friend now and I love you too
It is screaming time aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa