DOCSLIB.ORG

Calendar & Directory

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Calendar & Directory Calendar & Directory What is the Board of Education? The public is welcome and encouraged The Board of Education is made up to attend all Board of Education meetings. Front Cover Artwork by Isabella Schneiderman, Class of 2021 of five district residents who have been At every meeting, residents will be given the elected for a three-year term by the qualified opportunity to ask questions of presenters From left: Board of voters of the district. They serve without following major reports and to ask questions Education Vice President compensation. The Board of Education related to agenda items. Nancy Feinstein, Trustee sets goals and establishes policies for the Those who wish to communicate with Brian Hassan, Trustee conduct of the public schools. It assures the the Board of Education may call 516- Juleigh Chin, President opportunity for high-quality education for 305-8901 or send their comments to the every student to the extent possible within Board President Henry R. Zanetti, or Henry Zanetti, Trustee the fiscal constraints imposed by New York any individual trustee, Herricks UFSD, James Gounaris. State and makes the well-being of students Community Center, 999-B Herricks Road, the fundamental principle in all decisions New Hyde Park, NY 11040-1302, or email. and actions. Its responsibilities include: Their addresses are listed below. Please prescribing courses of study; reviewing, note: Emails addressed to members of the adopting and overseeing the school budget; Board of Education will also be sent to the levying taxes in accordance with the law; Superintendent’s Office. contracting and employing staff members; setting attendance zones; providing 2021-22 Board Member E-Mail school sites, buildings and transportation; Addresses: purchasing educational supplies and Henry R. Zanetti, President equipment as well as fuel, furniture and [email protected] other necessities. These responsibilities are Nancy Feinstein, Vice President carried out in accordance with New York [email protected] State Education Department’s rules and Juleigh Chin regulations. [email protected] James Gounaris When does the Board of Education meet? [email protected] The Board of Education usually meets on the first and third Thursday of each month. Brian Hassan All Board meetings begin at 7:30 PM unless [email protected] otherwise noted in the calendar. The Board may call an executive session for proposed, Board meetings have been primarily pending or current litigation; collective scheduled for the Community Center, negotiations; review of an employee’s but are occasionally held in other school appointment, employment, promotion, buildings during the year. demotion, discipline, suspension or removal The Board is appreciative of the many of a particular person; the proposed community volunteers who have offered acquisition, sale or lease of real property; their expertise to benefit the school district, the sale of securities, such as bonds; the as well as the various residents and groups preparation, grading or administration of who have made donations to the schools. exams; and matters that may imperil public safety (Pub. Off. Law § 195). Superintendent’s Page BUSINESS AND FINANCE Dear Members of the Herricks Community, The Office of the Assistant Superintendent of Business A great school district is marked by certain characteristics: supportive parents, gifted and caring teachers supports all instructional, operational and extracurricular and administrators, motivated students and a dedicated Board of Education. The Herricks School District activities. This department includes the offices of Accounts is indeed fortunate to embody all of these qualities. As a result, our students consistently achieve high levels Payable, Finance, Payroll and Purchasing. By adhering to the of success in a rigorous curriculum. Each year, Herricks students win numerous honors in competitions, highest standards of efficiency, accuracy and ethics, the Business including recognition and awards at the local, state and national levels. Our students compete with the best Office allows educational personnel to focus on providing high- and are granted admission to some of the finest colleges and universities in the nation. quality education services to all students while serving the needs The 2020-21 school year was very challenging due to the pandemic. However, the District developed a of the Herricks community. thorough and comprehensive Reopening Plan, which led to a very successful school year in terms of health Ms. Rutkoske has an extensive background as a business and safety, and our students benefited from varied strong academic programs. Together, the Herricks school administrator and financial officer. A certified public accountant, community persevered under extraordinary circumstances. Throughout the pandemic, it has been evident she holds school district business leadership certification from that the members of the Herricks family care for one another and are ready to help each other in difficult LIU Post, a Master of Science in accounting from New York times. As we begin a new school year, we look forward to welcoming all of our students back for in-person University Leonard Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of learning. We will be ready and prepared to adapt and pivot, as needed, to respond to the ever-changing Arts in economics from Columbia University. landscape. As we have said many times, the health and safety of all members of the Herricks school community is our highest priority. This includes addressing the academic, social and emotional needs of Questions about the business and finance operations of the each individual student as well. I am confident that Herricks will emerge from the pandemic better and stronger than ever before. Many school district may be directed to the office of: facilities improvements have recently taken place throughout the District, and the 2021-22 school year will Lisa Rutkoske, Assistant Superintendent for include the rollout of our 1:1 Chromebook initiative. Whether in the classroom, science lab, concert hall Business or athletic field, our goal is for students to strive for excellence in all that they do and reach their fullest Telephone: 516-305-8903 potential. We look forward to the new school year with great optimism and enthusiasm. Feel free to contact Email: [email protected] me or anyone on our administrative team if you have any questions, concerns or special needs. HUMAN RESOURCES Dr. Fino M. Celano The Office of the Assistant Superintendent for Human Superintendent of Schools Resources works closely with administrators, faculty and Telephone: 516-305-8901 staff members, providing support to both the operations and Email: [email protected] instructional components of the district. This office will oversee the personnel program for all administrators, teachers and support CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION staff. This includes the District hiring process, monitoring staffing The Office of the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction works closely with the needs and providing employee assistance. Ms. Maggiacomo District’s leadership and teaching staff to ensure that the curriculum delivered to our students prepares them has extensive experience in managing employee relations and for college, career and life. This office facilitates high-quality professional development for all staff members, developing environments in which teachers, administrators and and also oversees curriculum development, instructional evaluations and instructional data analysis. district staff collaborate to drive improvement. Questions may be directed to the office of: Questions may be directed to the office of: Dina Maggiacomo, Assistant Superintendent for K. Elizabeth Guercin, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Human Resources Telephone: 516-305-8902 Telephone: 516-305-8909 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Directory Information BOARD POLICIES OF SPECIAL INTEREST Internet Use Policy The Board of Education of the Herricks UFSD has Student Discipline Code The Board of Education believes that providing designated certain categories of student information as The Code of Character, Conduct and Support of the access to computers is an integral part of a directory information. Directory information includes Herricks Public Schools is based upon understanding contemporary education. The technology resources a student’s name, address, telephone number and that discipline is not synonymous with punishment. at the School District are provided to support the photograph. Parental permission is assumed unless the Rather, the district views discipline as an integral part educational and administrative activities of the School Herricks Public Schools is contacted in writing. Please of an overall instructional program which supports District and should be used for those purposes. All contact the Superintendent’s office (305-8901) with the development of students’ sense of personal users of the School District’s computer network and questions, comments or concerns. responsibility both as individuals and in groups. The the internet must understand that use is a privilege, Code of Character, Conduct and Support rests upon not a right, and that use entails responsibility. The Emergency Closing and Delayed Opening the dual assumptions that individual students can School District reserves the right to control access to the Should it become
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Name of Vendor
    Name of Vendor Address BID TO BE OPENED ON : 1st Day of April, 2013 At 10:30 am. LOCATION: BUSINESS OFFICE SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 99 PELL LANE SYOSSET, NY 11791-2998 BID TO BE SENT TO: BY US POSTAL SERVICE --- SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PO BOX 9029 SYOSSET, NY 11791-9029 BY COURIER DELIVERY --- SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 99 PELL LANE SYOSSET, NY 11791-2998 BID SPECIFICATIONS FOR: Bid #17-13/14 – PUBLIC ADDRESS, INTERCOM AND MASTER CLOCK SERVICE, MAINTENANCE AND PARTS -2013-2014 (COOPERATIVE BID) SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SYOSSET, NY 11791 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS 1. The “General Conditions” enclosed shall form an integral part of each purchase contract awarded by the School District. 2. The “Bidder Certification” (Acceptance Form) must be signed by an authorized signatory of the company and submitted with the bid. 3. The “Product Safety Certification” form must be signed by an authorized signatory and submitted with the bid. 4. The “Statement of Non-Collusion” form must be signed by an authorized signatory of the company and submitted with the bid. 5. All quantities listed are for bid purposes and are estimates only. Quantities noted are estimates for the school year or period of the contract. 6. Prices must remain firm for acceptance for a period of not less than sixty (60) days. 7. Bid security is REQUIRED for this bid. Please note that only security in the form of a BID BOND, BANK CHECK OR CERTIFIED CHECK will be acceptable. PLEASE NOTE: COMPANY CHECKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. BID SECURITY MUST REFLECT 5% OF THE TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST OF THE BID.
    [Show full text]
  • Why Is It Called Easter?
    March 20, 2018 Why Is It Called Easter? Easter is the name of the most important Christian holiday, the day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead after his crucifixion. The resurrection of Jesus resides at the very heart of the gospel: “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor. 15:3-4). But, why is this holiday called Easter? Where did the name Easter come from? Let’s shed some light on those questions. Easter is an English word The etymology of the English word Easter indicates that it descends from the Old German—likely from root words for dawn, east, and sunrise. English is a western Germanic language named for the Angles who, along with the Saxons (another Germanic tribe), settled Britain in the 5th century. In fact, the Old German for Easter was Oster (Ostern in the modern). English and German speakers have been using variations of the term Easter for over a millennium. However, most of the countries surrounding Britain and the German principalities of Europe have long used variants of the Latin Pascha (from the Greek for Passover, a transliteration of the Hebrew pesach) as the name of the celebration of Christ’s resurrection. Today, in many non-English speaking countries, Easter is still called by a name derived from the term Pashca. A number of other languages use a term that means Resurrection Feast or Great Day.
    [Show full text]
  • Class of 1964 Th 50 Reunion
    Class of 1964 th 50 Reunion BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY 50th Reunion Special Thanks On behalf of the Offi ce of Development and Alumni Relations, we would like to thank the members of the Class of 1964 Reunion Committee Joel M. Abrams, Co-chair Ellen Lasher Kaplan, Co-chair Danny Lehrman, Co-chair Eve Eisenmann Brooks, Yearbook Coordinator Charlotte Glazer Baer Peter A. Berkowsky Joan Paller Bines Barbara Hayes Buell Je rey W. Cohen Howard G. Foster Michael D. Freed Frederic A. Gordon Renana Robkin Kadden Arnold B. Kanter Alan E. Katz Michael R. Lefkow Linda Goldman Lerner Marya Randall Levenson Michael Stephen Lewis Michael A. Oberman Stuart A. Paris David M. Phillips Arnold L. Reisman Leslie J. Rivkind Joe Weber Jacqueline Keller Winokur Shelly Wolf Class of 1964 Timeline Class of 1964 Timeline 1961 US News • John F. Kennedy inaugurated as President of the United World News States • East Germany • Peace Corps offi cially erects the Berlin established on March Wall between East 1st and West Berlin • First US astronaut, to halt fl ood of Navy Cmdr. Alan B. refugees Shepard, Jr., rockets Movies • Beginning of 116.5 miles up in 302- • The Parent Trap Checkpoint Charlie mile trip • 101 Dalmatians standoff between • “Freedom Riders” • Breakfast at Tiffany’s US and Soviet test the United States • West Side Story Books tanks Supreme Court Economy • Joseph Heller – • The World Wide decision Boynton v. • Average income per TV Shows Catch 22 Died this Year Fund for Nature Virginia by riding year: $5,315 • Wagon Train • Henry Miller - • Ty Cobb (WWF) started racially integrated • Unemployment: • Bonanza Tropic of Cancer • Carl Jung • 40 Dead Sea interstate buses into the 5.5% • Andy Griffi th • Lewis Mumford • Chico Marx Scrolls are found South.
    [Show full text]
  • Deus Ex Machina? Witchcraft and the Techno-World Venetia Robertson
    Deus Ex Machina? Witchcraft and the Techno-World Venetia Robertson Introduction Sociologist Bryan R. Wilson once alleged that post-modern technology and secularisation are the allied forces of rationality and disenchantment that pose an immense threat to traditional religion.1 However, the flexibility of pastiche Neopagan belief systems like ‘Witchcraft’ have creativity, fantasy, and innovation at their core, allowing practitioners of Witchcraft to respond in a unique way to the post-modern age by integrating technology into their perception of the sacred. The phrase Deus ex Machina, the God out of the Machine, has gained a multiplicity of meanings in this context. For progressive Witches, the machine can both possess its own numen and act as a conduit for the spirit of the deities. It can also assist the practitioner in becoming one with the divine by enabling a transcendent and enlightening spiritual experience. Finally, in the theatrical sense, it could be argued that the concept of a magical machine is in fact the contrived dénouement that saves the seemingly despondent situation of a so-called ‘nature religion’ like Witchcraft in the techno-centric age. This paper explores the ways two movements within Witchcraft, ‘Technopaganism’ and ‘Technomysticism’, have incorporated man-made inventions into their spiritual practice. A study of how this is related to the worldview, operation of magic, social aspect and development of self within Witchcraft, uncovers some of the issues of longevity and profundity that this religion will face in the future. Witchcraft as a Religion The categorical heading ‘Neopagan’ functions as an umbrella that covers numerous reconstructed, revived, or invented religious movements, that have taken inspiration from indigenous, archaic, and esoteric traditions.
    [Show full text]
  • Eostre in Britain and Around the World
    I was delighted to recent- Eostre in Britain and ly discover that many of Around the World the Iranians who escaped from Khomeni’s funda- mentalist Islamic rule of 01991, Tana Culain ‘K’A’M terror into exile - and no doubt many still trapped - are actually quite Pa- I t is no coincidence that and the Old German Eos- gan in their beliefs. A the Spring Equinox, tre, Goddess of the East. friend of mine was kind Passover, and Easter all Eostre was originally the enough to explain to me fall at the same time of name of the prehistoric that March 21 remains year. west Germanic Pagan Noruz, the ancient Per- spring festival, which is sian New Year. Many Per- The Christian Easter is a not to say that this same sians grow new seeds at lunar holiday and always festival was not celebrated this time of year and each falls on the first Sunday world over by many other family member must after the first full moon af- names. jump over seven fires ter the Spring Equinox. If made of thorns and bush- the full moon is on a Sun- es in a purification ritual. day, Easter is the next Special treats of seven Sunday. Why don’t the dried fruits and nuts are powers that be allow East- given out, and eggs are er to occur on a full moon colored and put on a fam- Sunday? Probably the ily altar alongside a mir- Christian Easter is too ror, coins, sprouted masculine a day, being grains, water, salt, and tu- the resurrection of a mon- lips.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 March 2021 Diversity/Cultural Events
    MARCH 2021 DIVERSITY/CULTURAL EVENTS & CELEBRATIONS Women’s History Month National Women’s History Month began as a single week and as a local event. In 1978, Sonoma County, California, sponsored a women’s history week to promote the teaching of women’s history. The week of March 8 was selected to include “International Women’s Day.” This day is rooted in such ideas and events as a woman’s right to vote and a woman’s right to work, women’s strikes for bread, women’s strikes for peace at the end of World War I, and the U.N. Charter declaration of gender equality at the end of World War II. This day is an occasion to review how far women have come in their struggle for equality, peace and development. In 1981, Congress passed a resolution making the week a national celebration, and in 1987 expanded it to the full month of March. The 2021 theme is Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced continues to celebrate the Suffrage Centennial” celebrates the women who have fought for woman’s right to vote in the United States. For more information visit http://www.nwhp.org/. Irish American Heritage Month A month to honor the contributions of over 44 million Americans who trace their roots to Ireland. Celebrations include celebrating St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) with parades, family gathering, masses, dances, etc. Due to COVID-19, many of these events have been cancelled. For more information visit the Irish-American Heritage Month website at http://irish-american.org/.
    [Show full text]
  • Trying to Make Sense of Easter Traditions B2+
    Trying to Make Sense of Easter Traditions B2+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQz2mF3jDMc 1) Ask your partner the following questions. a) When is Easter? Do you know why the date changes every year? b) Why do we celebrate Easter? c) Why do we decorate eggs for Easter? d) Why is there an Easter Bunny? 2) Easter is a popular holiday around the world with traditions that vary from country to country. However, it is sometimes difficult to understand Easter traditions because they have different origins. The words in the box below are all related to Easter. Some have Religious origins, some are Pagan and some are Secular. Write the words into what you think is the correct column (check the meaning of the words that you don’t know with a dictionary or your teacher). Lent Fertility Holiday Jesus Easter Bunny Rabbits Spring Eggs Decorated Eggs Resurrection Candy/Sweets Chocolate Eostre Festival Christian Goddess of Spring & Fertility Religious: Relating to or believing in Pagan: A person or tradition with Secular: Not connected to religious a divine being. religious beliefs other than those of or spiritual matters. the main world religions. 3) Now watch a video about Easter traditions. While you watch check your answers to exercise 2 and then compare them with a partner (NB some of the words can go into more than one column). 4) Watch the video again and write true (T) or false (F) next to the statements. A. The first recorded celebration of Easter was before the 2nd Century. ____ B. Rabbits represent fertility and new life.
    [Show full text]
  • Ostara - the Spring Equinox 2009
    The Controversial Cauldron Ostara - The Spring Equinox 2009 Inside this issue: Ostara ~ Pg ~ 2 Gods of the Season ~ Pg ~ 4 Ostara Ritual ~ Pg ~ 5 Animal Wisdom ~ Pg ~ 6 Crafter’s Corner ~ Pg ~ 8 Legacy ~ Pg ~ 9 Pagan Symbolism ~ Pg ~ 10 On the Rocks ~ Pg ~ 11 The Alder Tree ~ Pg ~ 13 Container Garden ~ Pg ~ 15 Pagan Kitchen ~ Pg ~ 18 Herb Garden ~ Pg ~ 25 Ostara Altars ~ Pg ~ 27 Divination Depot ~ Pg ~ 28 Artist’s Loft ~ Pg ~ 29 Festival of Nowruz ~ Pg ~ 30 Bard’s Corner ~ Pg ~ 32 Australia ~ Pg ~ 33 Edition 2:2 Sponsored by A Young Hare by Albrecht Durer (1502) Controverscial.com Group Information: Welcome to the Email Witches Newsletter • Members: 711 • Founded: Jul 17, 2002 • Language: English Email Witches is a pagan friendly email group attracting people • Representing: from all walks of life, from all spectrums of society and from all around the world. Most are individuals seeking a personal Argentina, Australia, practical religion that can be adapted to their own needs and Bulgaria, Canada, Costa criteria, and Wicca is a wonderfully diverse religion that meets Rica, England, France, these needs. Email Witches, a Yahoo! Group, is set up as a place Greenland, Hawaii, where those of same interest can meet, discuss, share and gain Hungary, India, Jamaica, more information about their chosen paths. All visitors to my Italy, Kuwait, Mexico, website Controverscial.com are welcome, so feel free to join us New Zealand, The and make new friends. Netherlands, Nigeria, Nova Scotia, Panama, the Best Wishes Philippines, Peru, South http://www.controverscial.com/ Africa, Scotland, Slovenia, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Email_Witches/ the USA and Wales .
    [Show full text]
  • Religion and the Return of Magic: Wicca As Esoteric Spirituality
    RELIGION AND THE RETURN OF MAGIC: WICCA AS ESOTERIC SPIRITUALITY A thesis submitted for the degree of PhD March 2000 Joanne Elizabeth Pearson, B.A. (Hons.) ProQuest Number: 11003543 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a com plete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest ProQuest 11003543 Published by ProQuest LLC(2018). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States C ode Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106- 1346 AUTHOR’S DECLARATION The thesis presented is entirely my own work, and has not been previously presented for the award of a higher degree elsewhere. The views expressed here are those of the author and not of Lancaster University. Joanne Elizabeth Pearson. RELIGION AND THE RETURN OF MAGIC: WICCA AS ESOTERIC SPIRITUALITY CONTENTS DIAGRAMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix ABSTRACT xi INTRODUCTION: RELIGION AND THE RETURN OF MAGIC 1 CATEGORISING WICCA 1 The Sociology of the Occult 3 The New Age Movement 5 New Religious Movements and ‘Revived’ Religion 6 Nature Religion 8 MAGIC AND RELIGION 9 A Brief Outline of the Debate 9 Religion and the Decline o f Magic? 12 ESOTERICISM 16 Academic Understandings of
    [Show full text]
  • Spring Cleaning, the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice
    Take a Spark and make it burn! ROCKIN’ SPARK STATION IDEA PACKET Spring Cleaning, The Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice THE HOME SCHOOL COACH Dear Rockin’ Idea Packet user, Congratulations on joining the Spark Station family! I hope you are as excited as I am here at Home School Coach, LLC! I am looking forward to adding you to a growing list of successful and inspired parents! These packets will provide you many opportunities to connect in some meaningful ways with your children as you learn together. I want to take this opportunity to share a few things that will help you make the best use of this Rockin’ Spark Station Idea Packet. Print off each packet as it arrives in your in-box. They can also be filed and stored on your hard drive. However, if they are in hard copy form your children can help you use them to the fullest. Punch the pages and store them in a binder. Have them in an easily accessed place so you and your children can view the binder on a regular basis. You can even store the binder in the Spark Station itself. Let your children who can read help you choose the activities that appeal to them most right now, from the topic that interests them most. Mix it up. Don't think you have to do all of the activities in one packet before moving on to the next. Remember that when you use a packet with a two year old you will probably return to the same topic again when they are six, eight, ten, or twelve.
    [Show full text]
  • Baiter Customs of Lancaster County by ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER
    Baiter Customs of Lancaster County By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER I F YOU ask any of the students from Baghdad, of whom there I are usually two or three at Franklin and Marshall College, if they are familiar with Easter eggs, you will receive an enthusias- tic response in the affirmative. You will find that not only are colored eggs exchanged and eaten as a symbol of the resurrection, in Iraq; but that little boys on the banks of the Tigris "pick" eggs at Easter time with the same formalities and rules observed on the banks of the Rhine, and those of the Susquehanna. They know that a "point" can usually break a "butt;" they test the thickness of shells with their teeth; they consider it unfair to protect too much of the surface with encircling fingers, but fool- hardy to neglect this precaution entirely. These Iraqian boys even know that a guinea egg is the best "picker," and if you are as- tonished to learn that they have guinea-keets in Mesopotamian chicken-yards, you will find them equally surprised to learn that we have this African bird in America. The egg, indeed, is the universal Easter symbol, whether it be the hand-colored egg, common to peasants of all countries and all creeds; the elaborately decorated chocolate egg, and the hollow sugar egg with pictures inside, that grace our luxurious American Easter; the painted glass darning egg, that children gave their mothers in the nineties; the cardboard egg filled with candy or gifts; or the marvelous jewelled eggs, worth a considerable for- tune, which Russian princesses gave to one another in the days of the czars, and which now are found exclusively in American museums.
    [Show full text]
  • Perchtenlauf” in Its Relationship to the Carnivalesque
    Ritual Rebellion and Social Inversion in Alpine Austria: Rethinking the “Perchtenlauf” in its Relationship to the Carnivalesque by David Natko A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts Approved April 2014 by the Graduate Supervisory Committee: John Alexander, Chair Daniel Gilfillan Peter Horwath ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY May 2014 ABSTRACT The "Perchtenlauf," a multi-faceted procession of masked participants found in the eastern Alps, has been the subject of considerable discourse and often debate within European ethnology since the mid-19th century. While often viewed from a mythological perspective and characterized as a relic of pre-Christian cult practices, only recently have scholars begun to examine its connection with Carnival. Research of this kind calls for an in-depth analysis of the "Perchtenlauf" that is informed by Bakhtin's theory of the carnivalesque, an aesthetic of festive merriment and the release from social restrictions which is embodied by Carnival traditions. A carnivalesque reading of the "Perchtenlauf" reveals a tradition pregnant with playful ambivalence, celebrations of the lower body, and the inversion of social hierarchies. Past interpretations of the "Perchtenlauf" have often described its alleged supernatural function of driving away the harmful forces of winter, however its carnavalesque elements have definite social functions involving the enjoyment of certain liberties not sanctioned under other circumstances. The current study solidifies the relationship between the "Perchtenlauf" and Carnival using ethnographic, historical, and etymological evidence in an attempt to reframe the discourse on the tradition's form and function in terms of carnivalesque performance. i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY REMARKS AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE ....................
    [Show full text]