Sorry for derailing the thread a tad bit, I think the sex in a ritualistic sense can also theoretically call for soil fertility aka bountiful crops (the whole event looks as a fair kind of). Apart from sex we can also see some people wearing animalistic masks whipping themselves, those could call for the blessings to the hunters maybe. Sacrifice in religion is mythology often ties into those themes of pleasing the gods to then get something in return.
On the other hand the premise for this trailer was that 'the gods are silent', therefore I lean into my previous theory of this being a rock bottom for godless/purposeless and immoral society. They had a literal kid there cheering for the violent execution and exposed to the sight of sexual acts...
Last edited by neprostoman; 04/01/26 06:17 PM.