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Ritual

Smith, Jonathan Z. (1987) To Take Place: Toward Theory in Ritual.


2001 in sumo

Guests taking part in the hair-cutting ritual include US Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, an ambassador representing the French President (and sumo fan) Jacques Chirac, Konishiki, Takanohana and finally Akebono's stablemaster Azumazeki Oyakata.

A Story-Gram From Vinyl Cafe Inc.

Stuart McLean’s The Vinyl Cafe, one of CBC Radio’s most popular programs, is a weekly ritual for tens of thousands of Canadians.

A Very Natural Thing

The action cuts to the protagonist, David (Robert Joel), going through the ritual of being released from his vocation as a monk in a monastery.

Benin art

Benin’s other important ritual festivals include Ague, where the first budded yams are blessed in hopes of a successful harvest; Ugie Ivie, the Festival of Beads, in which the oba’s coral and red stone regalia is bathed in cow’s blood to reinvest it with spiritual force; Ugie Erha Oba, which honors the oba’s father and all paternal ancestors; Oduduwa, a masquerade that likewise honors the oba’s paternal ancestors; and Ugie Oro, celebrating Oba Esigie’s victory over the Idah Kingdom in the 16th century.

Bischheim Musée du bain rituel juif

The Bischheim Musée du bain rituel juif (Jewish ritual bath museum of Bischheim) is a museum in Bischheim, France, in which Jewish bathing rituals were practiced, now recognized as a historical monument in France.

Child sacrifice in Uganda

Ritual Killing and Human Sacrifice in Africa, a statement made at the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights , 48th Session (November 10-24) in Banjul, Gambia.

Cornovii

Graham Webster in The Cornovii (1991), about the Midlands tribe, cites Anne Ross's hypothesis and points out that it is interesting that the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance has survived from pagan ritual – Abbot's Bromley being only 55 km away from the tribal centre of Viroconium.

Coronation of the Hungarian monarch

The Hungarian coronation ritual closely follows the Roman ritual for the consecration and coronation of kings found in the Roman Pontifical.

Danko Jones discography

Ritual of the Savage 10" (split with Gluecifer & Peter Pan Speedrock) (2003) (Drunken Maria / Suburban)

Douglas Davies

His current projects include writings on 'The Encyclopedia of Cremation', 'The Clergy and British Society: 1940-2000', 'A Brief History of Death', 'Inner-speech and prayer' and 'Ritual purity'.

Easter Drama

In giving directions for public services, the Ritual refers to this custom particularly as observed at Fleury-sur-Loire and Ghent.

English country dance

Social activist Mary Neal was one of the first to do so (she was principally known for her work in ritual dances), but folklorist Cecil Sharp was the best-known and most influential.

Eskdalemuir

Eskdalemuir is rich in archaeological remains, including two neolithic stone circles and bank barrow, Castle O'er, a possible ritual centre for the Selgovae, Raeburnfoot, a Roman fort and later dark age fortifications and settlements.

Francesinha

It is often a ritual meal for some that will eat it once a week or whenever they get together with friends before or after attending a football match from a local team (FC Porto, Boavista, Salgueiros, ...) A classic francesinha meal would include the sandwich, surrounded on a bed of chips doused in the famous sauce, and complimented with a fino (literally meaning thin, but, in this context, meaning fine) draught beer.

Gonur Tepe

He also found what appears to be the boiler for the ritual drink soma, which is mentioned in the Rigveda and also in the Avesta as haoma.

Great Beauty

Great Auspicious Beauty, one of Seventeen Tantras of Menngagde, styles of meditation and ritual which arose in India around fifth century; Great Auspicious Beauty is described as "teaching how to establish nature of awareness and how to identify basis of confusion and unmistaken wisdom"

Herman II, Duke of Swabia

Yet by October 1002 Herman II undertook a ritual act of submission (deditio) before Henry II at Bruchsal.

History of Eastern Christianity

The church has the rest of the liturgical ritual being rooted in the Jewish Passover, Siddur, Seder, and synagogue services, including the singing of hymns (especially the Psalms) and reading from the Scriptures (Old and New Testament).

Hua–Yi distinction

The prominent Tang Confucian Han Yu wrote in his essay Yuan Dao the following: "When Confucius wrote the Chunqiu, he said that if the feudal lords use Yi ritual, then they should be called Yi; If they use Chinese rituals, then they should be called Chinese."

Jhingran

All Shergill families used to bring their newly wedded couples to pray here and dig up soil from ground as ritual.

John Cosin

This book, together with his insistence on points of ritual in his cathedral church and his friendship with William Laud, exposed Cosin to the hostility of the Puritans; and the book was criticised by William Prynne and Henry Burton.

Jonathan Z. Smith

His research includes the theory of ritual, Hellenistic religions, Māori cults in the 19th century, and the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.

Mala badal

The two then exchange garlands, a ritual called "mala badal", amidst the blowing of conch shells and the sounding of "uloo dhani", while the purohit chants his mantras.

Masonic conspiracy theories

That the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite is more than an honorary degree, coupled with the belief that most Freemasons are unaware of hidden or secretive ruling bodies within their organization that govern them, conduct occult ritual, or control various positions of governmental power.

Maya death rituals

The Maya were a ritualistic people, who paid great respect to the destructive nature of their gods.

Michelle Remembers

In 1984, Pazder acted as a consultant in the McMartin preschool trial which featured allegations of satanic ritual abuse.

Mohel

A review (2013) of cases of neonatal HSV infections in Israel identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of cases.

Next Day Air

Yasmin Deliz as Chita: Yasmin was a little worried about performing a Santería ritual but was willing to do it after reassurance from her mom that God was on her side.

Oraibi, Arizona

Warburg visited Oraibi in 1896 and with the help of Henry Voth attended a ritual spring dance.

Proposition bet

:*Betting on specific aspects of the pageantry surrounding a sporting event, such as a) the duration of the word "brave" in the pregame performance of the U.S. national anthem or b) the color of the Gatorade or other sports drink dumped on the winning team's coach in the traditional practical joke and victory ritual known as Gatorade shower

Que viva la lucha

In the process, the film also interviews other luchadores, promoters, commissioners, families, and fans who discuss the cultural significance of lucha libre as sport, ritual, and spectacle.The film includes music by Carne Cruda, Marziano, and Nortec Collective.

Religious images in Christian theology

During the period of Archbishop William Laud's conflicts with Puritans within the Church of England, the use of ritual implements prescribed by the Book of Common Prayer was a frequent cause of conflict.

Ritual of the Savage

Ritual of the Savage is an album by Les Baxter, released in 1951 often cited as one of the most important Exotica albums.

Seva in Tirumala

Suprabhatam is a ritual performed every day in the Tirumamani Mandapam, in front of the Bangaru Vakili.

Shelach

Salat, the five daily ritual prayers that Muslims offer to Allah (God)

Sigma Nu

Sigma Nu (ΣΝ) is an undergraduate college fraternity that was founded by James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles and James McIlvaine Riley at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia shortly after Hopkins witnessed what he considered a hazing ritual by upperclassmen at the Virginia Military Institute.

Simeon Magruder Levy

The boy's birth date is not documented, but his bris (ritual circumcision), which is usually done on the eighth day, was performed on January 25, 1774 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Siqqitiq

Siqqitiq (meaning transforming one's life, more specifically adopting Christianity) is the ritual of converting Inuit with shamanist beliefs to Christianity.

Tallensi

The resulting ambivalence between father and son, which is reminiscent of the effects of the Oedipus complex as articulated by Sigmund Freud, plays an important role in Tallensi rituals and taboos.

Tangata manu

The ritual was an annual competition to collect the first Sooty Tern (manu tara) egg of the season from the islet of Motu Nui, swim back to Rapa Nui and climb the sea cliff of Rano Kau to the clifftop village of Orongo.

Teatro Campesino

Teatro Campesino's early performances drew on varied traditions, such as commedia dell'arte, Spanish religious dramas adapted for teaching Mission Indians, Mexican folk humor, a century-old tradition of Mexican performances in California, and Aztec and Maya sacred ritual dramas.

The Earth Ritual Preview

The Earth Ritual Preview is a 1984 (see 1984 in music) EP by the English space rock group Hawkwind.

Tibetan Nuns Project

Karma Drubgyu Thargay Ling or Tilokpur Nunnery, of the Kagyu tradition, provides scriptural and ritual training and has a basic study program.

Tree of physiology

This form of Sky burial, still practiced, begins with a ritual dissection of the deceased, and then followed by the feeding of the parts to Vultures on the hill tops.

Uncommon Ritual

Uncommon Ritual is the second album released by Sony Classical of string trios, following Appalachia Waltz, with unusual instrumentation and influences from bluegrass and folk music to create an Americana-style of traditional classical music.

Union Prayer Book

Associate Rabbi Judah Leon Magnes of Manhattan's Congregation Emanu-El delivered a Passover sermon in 1910 in which he advocated changes in the Reform ritual to incorporate elements of traditional Orthodox Judaism, expressing his concern that younger members of the congregation were driven to seek spirituality in other religions that cannot be obtained at Temple Emanu-El.

Victory day of Bangladesh

The ritual of the celebration gradually obtained a distinctive character with a number of similar elements: Military Parade by Bangladesh Armed Forces at the National Parade Ground, ceremonial meetings, speeches, lectures, receptions and fireworks.

Voodoo programming

Cargo cult programming, a style of computer programming that is characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose.

Youth Day

This is observed in various centres of Ramakrishna Math and Mission in a traditional Hindu manner which includes mangalarati, special worship, homa (fire-ritual), meditation, devotional songs, religious discourses, sandhyarati (versper service in the evenings), and so on.

雅樂

Nhã nhạc, the ancient court ritual music of Vietnam, of Chinese origin


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