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Summary Of: Ritual
A ritual may be performed at regular intervals... A ritual may be restricted to a certain subset of the community... ritual or emotional needs of the practitioners... an essential feature of a ritual is that the actions and their symbolism are not arbitrarily chosen by the performers... Ritual serves diverse purposes including... a ritual can comprise the prescribed outward forms of performing... Although ritual is often used in context with... thus a ritual in many cases expresses reverence for a... the significance of ritual as a force for creating and maintaining religions has been largely under... In its most basic elements ritual is one of many... interest to anthropologists has been the role of ritual in structuring life crises... treat ritual as social action aimed at particular transformations often conceived in cosmic terms... numerous aspects of ritual and ritualistic proceedings are engrained into the workings of the societies... Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity... Encyclodia Page On: Ritual
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