Extra Credit post: Huli Rituals

• The Huli take part in over thirty-four rituals which are supposed to serve many purposes.
• Rituals are carried out in a number of ways each requiring their own particular encounters.
• The requirements of each ritual are different; some require dance and song, others call for an animal sacrifice
• Most members in the Huli tribe will take part in a ritual at some point in their life, but there are those who perform more regularly: these people are called ritual specialists.
• The main idea behind the rituals is to connect the Huli with nature so they can use it's power in a beneficial manner.
• The Huli believe in a supernatural energy or force called gamu which is manipulated by rituals
• There are seven types of Huli gamu rituals that are performed on a regular basis. These are: sorcery (gamu bia), healing(agali gamu), divination(tadu bia), fertility(dindi gamu) and initiation(gurumaigiti and haroligamu), protection and production.
• These rituals involve combinations of ritual gestures, verbal expressions, and sacrifice although not all rituals contain all three.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV8q06PU5Wk
  - Above is a link to a Huli wigmen ritual dance