Citation

Schweizer T, Klemm E, Schweizer M. Soc. Netw. 1993; 15(1): 19-48.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0378-8733(93)90020-L

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This social network study of ritual celebrations in a Javanese village analyzes the organizational pattern inherent in the ritual activities. In the network perspective repeated participation in rituals creates order among actors fusing them into subsets by way of joint involvement in the same events. Quantitative analysis revealed that basically neighborhood units are established. Religious factions are mapped onto these fundamental structures. Social class does not influence participation in rituals, although it is at work in the size and performance of celebrations. Participation in rituals can be interpreted as the establishment of implicit contracts for support in a social security network.