Question
Description acceptable. People undergoing this process often have their head thoroughly cleaned and their hair shaved off before they learn which spirit “rules their head.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name, or describe, this week-long process spent mainly in a house’s inner sanctum that involves receiving necklaces called elekes and an object that represents “receiving the warriors.”
ANSWER: initiation ritual in Santería [or kariocha; accept answers relating that it is the conversion ritual to become a practitioner of Santería; prompt on initiation alone by asking, “Initiation in what religion?”]
[10e] Those eleke necklaces are made from these objects. Catholics often use these objects when saying the Rosary.
ANSWER: beads [accept prayer or Rosary beads]
[10m] Initiates will receive a new name based on these spirits central to Santería and other Yoruba-derived religions.
ANSWER: orishas [or orichas]
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| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
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