I am currently studying a contemporary jewellery degree at UCA Rochester and our project at the moment is called Ritual.
I have chosen to look into an Inuit ritual that is known as the 'bladder festival' the people of the Yup'ik tribe keep all the bladders of the seals they have caught throughout the year, as they believe that the soul/spirit of the animal retracts into the bladder when being killed. At the start of the ritual the bladders of the seals are dried, filled with air and hung up around an area and over the next 5 days many ceremonies take place around them in celebration. On the 5th day the bladders are taken down and released back into the ocean, so the souls can be reborn as new seals.
This festival shows their belief that no one ever truly dies, but man and animals souls are part of a cycle that will reappear in a different generation.
I have started sourcing many materials and composing initial ideas, I will post photos soon of my work in progress.
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