An Innocent Catharsis?
This article examines a traditional sporting game played only during carnival that is based on the symbolic hunting and killing of a dummy ox in the streets of Offida, Italy. The Bove Finto (literally Fake Ox) attracts hundreds of players scrambling in crazed pursuit of a large dummy ox carried by a...
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H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Festive Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.h-net.org/jfs/article/view/198 |
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