OBJECTIVE Ngoma ceremonies are used throughout Central and South Africa to help people address "difficult issues," including medical illness. They are examples of ceremonies that use strong rhythms and dance for this purpose in indigenous cultures throughout the world. This study sought to modify an ngoma ceremony to make it appropriate for biomedical use and to determine its acceptance and pot...

The white coat ceremony has become an academic ritual in the health professions: a ceremony that signals a transformation of status from ordinary student to that of one studying to become a health professional. While donning the white coat is a sign of a changed role, the white coat is also a powerful symbol of transformation. White is a symbol of purity, and the white coat symbolizes the purit...

This research is classified as qualitative with data collection techniques, namely observation, interviews and document study. The analysis used was from Matthew B. Miles A Michael Huberman which consisted of collection, reduction, presentation, concluding. results showed that the reasons for dynamics Otonan Ceremony in Susuan Traditional Village theological reasons, sociological pedagogical re...

The authors regret an error in the name of the president of University Bordeaux Iwithin the preface to previously published special issue EuroComb ’09. The correction is published below: The ceremony in the hall of the university was attended not only by many participants of the meeting but also by the students and facultymembers of University Bordeaux I including its president Prof. Dr. Alain ...