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Hail alldeaf worshippers,

So here I am, introducing myself.

I am originally from San Diego. I am living somewhere up in the snowy shades of beautiful Northern Arizona for my studies in sociology for the time being. This is my third year, and I just turned 21 last week. YAY.

Uhhh, yeah, I am profoundly deaf. And I think it is best that I post a several words of caution: I have a dry sense of humor. I apologize if anything I say may come off as rude and so-so. Just know this is who I am: straightforward and honest.

Sorry this must be the crappiest introduction post in all history of alldeaf. Pardon me.

Happy postings!
 
Snow... Arizona... yikes!

I remember driving through Arizona almost 2 months ago. Boy, what a snowstorm!

Welcome to AllDeaf! :)
 
You'll fit right in. Everyone here is rude, so-so, straight-forward, and honest. Enjoy all the people just like you.
 
Welcome to AD, ep73; are you from the Flagstaff area?
 
Welcome to alldeaf.com... speaking of the " Rite of Passage " is insteresting topic. I am not sure some of them understand what " Rite of Passage " means. I learn this while I was in high school many years ago.

Here what I've learned, In all societies, major events in the life cycle are subject to ritualized forms of recognition. Across the world, such events are celebrated in diverse and sometimes elaborate ways, with different cultures singling out different stages of life for attention. Despite the variety in the forms and meanings of such rituals, a certain unity has been given to the category by the work of the Belgian scholar, Arnold Van Gennep. His book, Les Rites de Passage, first published in 1909, has formed the backdrop to most anthropological work. Van Gennep envisioned life in society as a house with many rooms, in which the individual has to be conveyanced formally from one defined position to another. From this perspective, life is not a matter of gradual development and change but rather consists of a series of abrupt and ritualized transitions. Rites of passage, he argued, display common features — in particular, a definite three-phase structure, of separation transition, and aggregation. Initial rites of separation serve to remove the individual from normal social life, thus dissolving existing social ties and status. These rites are often mirrored in the opposing rites of aggregation, which end the ritual process and reinstate a normal social life when the individual is welcomed back into a new position in the community. In between these two contrasting phases are the rites of transition. This pattern, though discernible to some extent in all, tends to be most fully recognized in intiation rites, where it may be given added force in the symbolism of death and rebirth.

For Van Gennep the theme of passage provides one clue to the diverse symbolic devices employed in such rites. The ritual passage may be represented in spatial terms, by exits and entrances, crossings and journeys, and in the general significance attached to crossroads, boundaries, and thresholds. By extension, too, the term may be used of other ritual events that, like life crisis rituals, are seen to share a concern with the social recognition of time — particularly communal rituals that serve to mark changes in the seasons or calendar, such as first fruits celebrations or those conducted to usher in the New Year. Other events that also imply a dramatic change in social life, such as going to war, or periods when the community prepares itself for major religious festivals, may also be subject to similar forms of ritualization.
 
ep73 said:
Hail alldeaf worshippers,

So here I am, introducing myself.

I am originally from San Diego. I am living somewhere up in the snowy shades of beautiful Northern Arizona for my studies in sociology for the time being. This is my third year, and I just turned 21 last week. YAY.

Uhhh, yeah, I am profoundly deaf. And I think it is best that I post a several words of caution: I have a dry sense of humor. I apologize if anything I say may come off as rude and so-so. Just know this is who I am: straightforward and honest.

Sorry this must be the crappiest introduction post in all history of alldeaf. Pardon me.

Happy postings!
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Are you a student at NAU in Flagstaff?
 
Hello and :welcome: to AD!

I am orginally from Arizona and I grew up going snowtubing in Northern AZ with my dad. :) It is beatiful up there and I heard that the snow is great this year! Thank god!
 
shel90 said:
Hello and :welcome: to AD!

I am orginally from Arizona and I grew up going snowtubing in Northern AZ with my dad. :) It is beatiful up there and I heard that the snow is great this year! Thank god!
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Well, It's great for tourists. Too much snow is a pain in the butt for me given the fact I'm a treehugger. I ride a bike and it is not a pleasant experience with the hail beating down on my face.

But yes, Flagstaff is gorgeous.
 
Hello and welcome to Alldeaf! Nah--your introduction can't be the crappiest one to date--the crappiest kind could be: "hello...good-bye". :lol: Anyhow, hope you'll enjoy your stay here in AD! ;)




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