rite
single established symbolic acts, is a part of ceremony
Catholic Mass
central and main rite of worship to God in the Catholic Church
funeral
ceremony for a person who has died
conversion to Christianity
conversion of a previously non-Christian person to Christianity
Lavabo
rite
bypass rite
tradition that involves requesting or asking for gifts
liturgical rite
rite that is part of an official prayer service
christening
folk rite of Christian baptism
candidacy
Roman Catholic rite by which the Church recognizes a seminarian as worthy of being ordained
religious ceremony
religious act or event
cantillation
ritual chanting of prayers and responses
Purga (tobacco)
Preparation and use of tobacco (orally)
easter whipping
Czech and Slovakian traditional practice
Bear guiding
Folk ritual
worship in Islam
worship in Islamic religion
baptismal memory
(ritual) memory of one's baptism in Christianity
Need-fire
fire for superstitious purposes
Horse guiding
Slavic traditional rite
Flower Communion
religious ceremony to collect and distribute flowers
episcopal consecration
in Christianity, consecration of a person to make him or her a bishop
initiation
rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society
Hindu law
code of laws applied to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in British India
Hindu law
code of laws applied to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in British India
Star singers
Children and young people in central Europe dress as the Three Kings, walk from house to house, sing traditional and new carols, collect money for charity and bring the blessing for the new year to the people.
Chalking the door
Christian tradition of blessing one's home. Also a former Scottish notification to tenants that they must vacate.
religious male circumcision
circumcision for religious purposes
Great Hours
Religious celebration
marriage in the Eastern Orthodox Church
sacrament in the Eastern Orthodox Church in which a marriage is blessed
Sixth Tibetan Rite
Tibetan rite
Kalpa
Vedic era study of ritual procedures and ceremonies, one of six Vedangas practiced by Brahmins
Roman Catholic funeral
service of the Church that accompanies a deceased person and his entourage
ordination
religious process by which individuals are consecrated as clergy
Historical Vedic religion
1500–500 BC Indo-Aryan religious practices of northwest India
kiss of peace
traditional Christian greeting
vision quest
rite of passage in some Native American cultures
Poland's Wedding to the Sea
1920 and 1945 ceremonies giving back access to the Baltic Sea for Poland
commemoration of Confucius
Confucian rite practised in East Asia
ulitsa
summer evening fun youth
coca leaf reading
divination with coca plant leaves
sacrifice
offering to gods
confession
acknowledgment of one's sins
apotropaic magic
type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences