The Grateful Dead toured the country until the death of Jerry Garcia, the band's founder. They attracted a huge and devoted fan base, many of whom traveled long distances to see the band perform and partake of the hallucinogens commonly found at the concerts. What kind of religious practice might an anthropologist call such activity?

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Sylvia Walker

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13 December, 05:34

The Grateful Dead toured the country until the death of Jerry Garcia, the band's founder. They attracted a huge and devoted fan base, many of whom traveled long distances to see the band perform and partake of the hallucinogens commonly found at the concerts. What kind of religious practice might an anthropologist call such activity?

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Siena Mueller · Answer 1

ritual

Explanation:

The Grateful Death is an American rock band and it is founded by Jerry Garcia and others. In the performance of the Grateful Dead, the audiences are provided with some hallucinogens and they consume those and enjoys the concert.

It has become like a "ritual" where the audience coming to the concert performance for Grateful Dead consumes hallucinogens to attend the concert.

Hence the answer is - - ritual