Lecture 2. Feasting: Communal and Ritual

In the previous lecture we looked at the various alcoholic beverages that emerged across the world in different communities based upon available sources of fermentable sugars including cereals and fruits. This lecture examines the spaces and places of alcohol use and the cultural and social reasons for imbibing in communal areas. Lecture 2 focuses primarily on the practice of feasting and the reasons and spaces many cultures have performed them.


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