Table of Contents

1. From Pre-Modern Rituals to Modern Events Warwick Frost and Jennifer Laing Section 1: Asia 2. Ganesh Festival: A Ten Day Extravaganza; A Life Full of Meanings Kiran Shinde 3. Divali Festival in Mauritius: The Development of a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Attitudes Towards and Intentions to Celebrate Traditional Cultural Festivals Haywantee Ramkissoon 4. Transforming Tradition: Performing Wedding Ritual in Modern China Yujie Zhu and Yu Hua 5. Recreation of Traditional Ritual into Festival: The Case of Kangnung Danoje Festival in South Korea Sunny Lee and Aise Kim 6. Wishing You Health, Wealth, Success and Happiness: Exploring the Rituals and Traditions of Chinese New Year Leanne White and Daniel Leung 7. Catholic Processions in Macau Ubaldino Couto Section 2: Europe 8. Christmas Traditions: Pagan Roots, Invented Rites Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost 9. Beyond the Masks: Continuity and Change in a Sardinian Rite Monica Iorio and Geoffrey Wall 10. Layers of Passage: The Ritual Performance and Liminal Bleed of the Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh Ross Tinsley and Catherine Matheson 11. Hogmanay Rituals: Scotland’s New Year’s Eve Celebrations Elspeth Frew and Judith Mair Section 3: The Americas 12. Punishment and the Rite of Purification at the Angola Prison Rodeo Mary Gould 13. Mardi Gras Indians: Rituals of Resistance and Resilience in Changing Times Sue Beeton 14. Gender, Subversion and Ritual: Helldorado Days, Tombstone, Arizona Warwick Frost and Jennifer Laing 15. Voodoo in Haiti: A Religious Ceremony at the Service of the ‘Houngan’ called ‘Tourism’ Hugues Séraphin and Emma Nolan 16. Setting a Research Agenda for Rituals and Traditional Events Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost

About the Author

Jennifer Laing is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events at La Trobe University. Her research interests include travel narratives; the role of events in society and heritage tourism. She has co-written books with Warwick Frost on the influence of books on travel, commemorative events and explorer travellers and adventure tourism.

Warwick Frost is an Associate Professor in Tourism and Events at La Trobe University. His research interests include heritage, events, nature-based attractions and the interaction between media, popular culture and tourism. He has co-written books with Jennifer Laing on the influence of books on travel, commemorative events and explorer travellers and adventure tourists.