Discuss how this ritual fulfills four functions of ritual

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Given:

Four functions of ritual are

1. Orients participants to space & time

2. Connects participants to divine

3. Connects participants to larger community

4. Includes the body as an instrument for religion

and also given 3 stages of initiation rites are:

1. Separation: the initiate is removed from the rest of the community

2. Transition: (or limen, from Latin for threshold): the initiate leaves the community until the rites are complete

3. Re-Aggregation: the initiate re-joins the community

THE QUESTION IS:

Describe Purity Balls. Also, discuss how this ritual fulfills the four functions of ritual and explain how this ritual or does not include the classic elements of initiation rites.

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