These were ritual speeches, obeisances to the new day, offered in call-and-response format, like the rhythmic dialogues or "duels" of the virtuosos of Carnatic music during the annual December festival.
Asperger Syndrome (AS), which belongs to the autism spectrum disorders, is a behavioural disorder defined by problems in social interaction, circumscribed unusual interests, repetitive routines and rituals, speech peculiarities and non-verbal communication problems usually without language delay.
It, too, through its tumbled shards of memory and observation, its layers of physical ritual and speech, aims to trace the fates and desires of men and women.
As with all Russian political rituals, this speech wasn't what its name implied, or what it might have seemed.
By inviting Remsburg — and DeMars and Shelley, too — Obama was taking part in what's now a traditional ritual for speech-givers.
By inviting Remsburg and DeMars and Shelley, too Obama was taking part in what's now a traditional ritual for speech-givers.
BAGHDAD — The last time leaders from the Arab world gathered for their annual summit meeting, a cozy ritual of speeches and self-congratulation, the date was March 2010, the host was Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and the venue was a seaside Libyan town named Surt.
And let's not forget that, as Don has, Bob has spent a lot of time observing how people behave and copying their rituals and speech patterns.
She was chosen over Russell Means, a famous figure in the national Indian movement.In a ceremony filled with tradition, from ritual dancing to speeches in the Lakota language, Ms Fire Thunder was installed as chairwoman (sadly, her official title) of a 46,000-member tribe based on one of America's largest reservations.
