The World of Rhythm Called Rituals

by Jayant Burde

Rituals are recurring, stylized behaviour and in repetition, the ritual becomes rhythmic. The author beautifully portrays the types of rituals and the rhythms they generate from the babbling of a child to a band parade or the chanting of a mantra, he explains the initiation and completion of patterns that form the rhythm. The book further proceeds to 'Hermeneutics' or the science of interpretation and attempts to explain rituals in their light.