Rituals
25 entries in the Rituals compendium.
AnasyrmaA ritual gesture of lifting the skirt for apotropaic or mocking effect.Bisha'aBedouin trial by fire for lie detection.Blooding (hunting)Hunting initiation ritual smearing a first kill's blood on the face.Burning ManAnnual desert gathering centered on a ritual effigy burn.Collegiate sport ritual in the United StatesRituals shape the collegiate sporting experience across the United States.Conservation of South Asian household shrinesPreserving sacred household shrines from South Asia.CouvadeRituals in which fathers mimic pregnancy or childbirth across cultures.Doburoku MatsuriA Japanese festival serving sanctified sake to honor the gods.Dream incubationA pre-sleep technique to influence dream content.ʻAva ceremonyA solemn Samoan ritual of shared ceremonial beverage and oratory.KarnavedhaEar piercing ceremony among the sixteen major Hindu samskaras.KattoA Nepalese royal ritual to transfer a dead king's bad karma.The Mass of Saint-SécaireA Gascon Black Mass for supernatural vengeance.MawsimAnnual Maghrebi festival blending saint veneration, trade, and social gathering.Mha PujaAnnual Newar ritual of self-worship for New Year.NgillatunA Mapuche ceremony of petition and thanksgiving to the spirit world.PythaïsAthenian procession to Delphi honoring Apollo's journey.Religious abuseAbuse administered through religion, including psychological manipulation and violence.Sagan (ceremony)Nepalese ritual of presenting auspicious food for good fortune.Salting the earthRitual spreading of salt to curse a destroyed city.SebibaTuareg festival and dance in Djanet, Algeria.SmarthavicharamA Nambudiri trial for sexual misconduct with six stages.Tongan Kava Ceremony-Taumafa KavaRoyal kava ceremony installing the Tongan monarch and nobility.TweezaNorth African Sufi tradition of communal charitable cooperation.WezeeaA Sufi-influenced Algerian custom of communal cattle slaughter and meat distribution.
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