Based on Frederick Bird’s article, the Wiccaning ritual uses restricted codes because it uses symbols and gestures, like the quarters and the representation of the umbilical cord, are important for this community. In terms of the five form of communication that is described by Bird, the Wiccaning have a lot of thing to communicate. The basic fact that this welcoming ritual serves as a way to present the newborn to the goddesses and gods and also to introduce the new members of the community can consist as a constitutive way of communicating. Moreover, the community is needed in order to perform the act. The ritual also acts as a self-representative communication since the chanting of incantations and their energy are needed in order to
