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. 2023 Sep 18;7(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s41257-023-00095-y

Table 3.

Consequences of the absence of urban ritual of territorial belonging

Major reactions of the population on the announcement Major reactions of the population during the days the event is canceled Major reactions of the population on the proposed alternatives
Escalade

- Sadness, Loss

- Understanding

- Anger

- Mistrust

- Nostalgia (online)

- Symbolic actions (Public space)

- Family celebrations (Private)

- Disappointment

- Support

- Spontaneous actions (bottom-up)

San Giovanni

- Loss

- Mistrust

- Remembering activities

- Sarcasm

- Substitute activities (public space)a

- Illegal initiatives

- Feeling of exclusion

- Critics

- Political distrust

- Love for the City

Sechseläuten

- Loss

- Remembering activities in the social media during the days of the event

- Privatization of the event

- Semi-public events

- Criticism first, then inclusion of the hybrid event in the narrative of the ritual

aAlready in the years before the pandemic