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Ellen Dissanayake, Affiliate Professor, School of Music, University of Washington, Seattle describes how the arts and ritual ceremonies evolved together over hundreds of thousands of generations. To learn more, several fine articles are available online as an introduction to Ellen and her work: http://www.ellendissanayake.com/about