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from Faith in Architecture, edited by Gül İnanç

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excerpt from “Dragonflies”, in The Viewing Party by Yong Shu Hoong

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Endings and beginnings are often ideal spaces for rituals to flourish. A future grandmother prepares for her daughter-in-law’s confinement. Brides-to-be have their hair combed the night before a wedding. Schoolchildren make dates for bubble tea after Friday classes.

A grandson puts a pearl into his grandfather’s mouth.

These rituals tell many things about us: the steps we take in these milestone dances, the music that lingers in the air on exciting days, the emotions that we pour into these deliberate moves, even if we don’t know why. Sometimes the songs are dramatic, and other times silent, barely beating – the rhythm differs in every individual, but these choreographs still, in the end, tie us together.

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