The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria—or mass psychogenic illness (MPI)—rumored to have occurred in or near the village...
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"territorial nationalism." Postage stamps and postal history of Tanganyika Tanganyika laughter epidemic Mara Malagodi, Luke McDonagh and Thomas Poole. "The Dominion...
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Science at Harvard University in 2014. His dissertation was on the Tanganyika laughter epidemic. After earning his doctorate, Nasser was made co-host of the...
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Dancing plague of 1518 (redirect from Dancing Epidemic of 1518)
Dancing mania The Dancing Mania, an epidemic of the Middle Ages 1832 book Sydenham's chorea Tanganyika laughter epidemic Viegas, Jennifer (August 1, 2008)...
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the West Bank. Such epidemic hysteria has a long history. Notable cases are the Salem witch trials, the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962, and the 2008–2012...
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Mass psychogenic illness (redirect from Epidemic hysteria)
and culturally tense situation in the province. In 1962, the Tanganyika laughter epidemic was an outbreak of laughing attacks, rumored to have occurred...
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Uganda. The village is known for having been the locus of the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report...
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inland. 1947 flying disc craze Seattle windshield pitting epidemic (1954) Tanganyika laughter epidemic (1962) – began on January 30, 1962, at a mission-run...
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because of the sheer enormity of the situation. Tanganyika laughter epidemic 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic Dancing plague of 1518 Salem witch trials Spring...
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to mass hysteria and citing the dancing plague of 1518, the Tanganyika laughter epidemic, and the Hindu milk miracle as examples. 12 4 "Chapter 12" Ellen...
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Kreisler, 86, Austrian violinist In what became known as the "Tanganyika laughter epidemic", three students at a girls' boarding school in the Tanzanian...
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mass hysteria, highlighting the dancing plague of 1518, the Tanganyika laughter epidemic, and the Ganesha drinking milk miracle. He describes it as a...
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sound installation For An Epidemic Resistance (2009), Nguyen explores a laughing epidemic which took place in 1962 in Tanganyika. In an article which appeared...
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ZAPU meeting in the Tanganyikan city. There, the party leadership met Tanganyika's president, Julius Nyerere, who also dismissed the idea of a government-in-exile...
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UN reported that in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a young man from Tanganyika Province was stripped naked, raped, and coerced by the Twa militia to...
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