ritual
set of actions performed according to an established sequence, mainly for their symbolic value
Confucian royal ancestral shrine rites
Rites held in Confucian royal ancestral shrine
deconsecration
acts or ceremonies of removing the sacred character of a thing or place
Grand Howl
scout and guide ceremony
Mystery of Crowning
eastern Christian wedding ritual
Wax wedding head wreath
Ukrainian tradition of making wax wedding wreath
liturgy
customary public worship performed by a religious group
courtship
ritual, period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage
walkabout
rite of passage of some Australian Aboriginal young men
egg decorating
type of ritual art
land diving
Vanuatuan ritual, in which men jump off wooden towers around 20 to 30 meters high, with two tree vines wrapped around the ankles
snake handling in Christianity
religious ritual in a small number of Pentecostal churches in the U.S.
Taurobolium
practice of a ritual sacrifice of a bull
omophagia
mythical ritual consumption of raw meat in Ancient Greece
Playoff beard
superstitious practice originating in ice hockey
first haircut
event with a special significance in certain cultures and religions
Maya death rituals
part of Maya religion
Sal Mubarak
Traditional Hindu Gujarati greeting for Gujarati New Year
ordination
religious process by which individuals are consecrated as clergy
Feng Shan
Chinese festival
life release
traditional Buddhist practise
Liberation Rite of Water and Land
Chinese Buddhist ritual
toast
ritual in which a drink is taken
hazing
rituals of humiliation used to initiate someone into a group
church service
formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building
Minhag
an accepted tradition or group of traditions in Judaism
Greek hero cult
devotion to a hero in ancient Greek religion
German
South Slavic mythological being
flyting
exchange of insults in the form of verse
funerary cult
religious teaching/practice centred on veneration of the dead in which the living confer benefits on the dead or appease wrathful ghosts
Night of silent drums
religious syncretism ceremony held at Recife Carnival, on Monday night, at Pátio do Terço
ulitsa
summer evening fun youth
court mourning
mandatory mourning in a royal court
maypole
tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals
sati
funerary women sacrifice
Asperges
liturgical element
Capra
traditional Slavic, Moldavian and Romanian rite with a song
marriage proposal
proposal of marriage
rite of passage
ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another
rite of passage
ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another
Preface
liturgical term
kowtow
act of prostration in Imperial Chinese protocol
Ritual washing in Judaism
overview of ritual washing in Judaism