Initiation or rites of passage in the ancient world constituted a highly meaningful experience and were intended to delineate the transition from childhood to adult status, with the sacred initiation meant to promise a merging with the divine. The argument at the heart of this research is that features of initiation and of the ancient Dionysian rituals can be found in works by Sigalit Landau (b. 1969) and Anisa Ashkar (b. 1979), as metaphors of contemporary initiation in relation to the establishment of the Israeli nation and the fate of the Arab inhabitants following the Nakba (“disaster” in Arabic), the exodus of the Palestinian and Arab dwellers after the establishment of the Israeli State in 1948. This article employs ancient texts and visual references as well as contemporary thought.

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Les Rites de Passage：Sigalit Landau 和 Anisa Ashkar 的仪式、启蒙和作品中的状态

古代世界的入会或成年礼构成了一种非常有意义的体验，旨在描绘从童年到成人的过渡，神圣的入会意味着承诺与神的融合。这项研究的核心论点是，可以在 Sigalit Landau（生于 1969 年）和 Anisa Ashkar（生于 1979 年）的作品中找到入会仪式和古代酒神仪式的特征，作为当代入会仪式与宗教仪式相关的隐喻。以色列民族的建立和阿拉伯居民在 Nakba（阿拉伯语中的“灾难”）之后的命运，即 1948 年以色列建国后巴勒斯坦和阿拉伯居民的外流。本文采用古代文字和视觉参考作为以及当代思想。