Ritual Decalogue

opinion. A ritual approach to communication is an understanding that people have ritual practices in their lives in accordance to popular culture, meaning they have a prescribed way of doing it. They are regular behaviors or actions. You can examine popular culture through this approach because people have a way of engaging with popular culture in the same way over and over. For example, watching the same television show every week on the same day at the same time. These rituals follow an…

In some societies, religious rituals are performed by the members of the community. In some rituals, members would hire a religious specialist to cure someone who carries an illness. A shaman is classified as one of the following religion specialists. The term “shaman” has been used in different ways by different people. According to Rebecca L. Stein & Philip L. Stein, “the term shaman actually comes from the Tungus language of Central Siberia” (Stein & Stein, P. 120). “It refers to the…

Native American Pow-wow Pow-wow is the traditional dance in which the Native American people dress traditional, colorful clothes. They dance and sing in a circle around the drum for celebrating fellowship, renewal and healing. Today we can hear the beat of the drum resound in Oklahoma. Pow-wow is from Indian Territory, Native Americans, and tribal groups. Pow-wow is Indian gathering of many tribes and intertribal blend of the old and the new. In the Pow-wow a non-Indian might see the power and…

Throughout the history of the Judeans, many groups have claimed to be the “true” followers of Yahweh. There is much debate as to who is right in these claims, and this debate has caused animosity and conflict. The main groups who try to justify themselves are those who were exiled and returned, the Samaritans, those whose ancestors were not exiled, and the Elephantine Colony. According to the Deuteronomic theory (Lecture 2), the people: could only worship Yahweh, could only worship Him in…

the map. These seasons can be predicted by following previous years and looking at the months that are on the calendar. In the past people have performed different rituals according to the season but nowadays people are more likely to think of a holiday and celebrate that rather than the season itself. However there are still many rituals that are performed in the lives of individuals that do not correlate with the seasons. When people think of winter most of them associate it with Christmas…

hints at the ubiquity of seeing the world and its creatures and objects through the lens of sacrifice, as a necessity to the forward propulsion of time within the 52-year cycle. But this deer is not undergoing sacrifice, so much as indicating the ritual, and temporal, significance of sacrifice, as its body is covered in all twenty day signs, which are linked to the 260-day ceremonial calendar (“tonalpohualli”), rather than the 365-day solar one. These also indicate the ubiquity of sacrifice,…

Religious expressions have appeared in all societies throughout history. One of the earliest belief systems was Shamanism. Shamanism if the belief to communicate or mediate between the world of spirits and the world of humans. These practices were believed to have been used to ward off misfortunes, such as poor harvests or disease. Animism, similar to Shamanism, was widespread among many societies in Africa and in the Pacific Islands of Polynesia. This belief was that gods and goddesses…

One of the most important and valuable days in life is the wedding day. Today’s holidays are similar to holidays from the Elizabethan England period. In both time periods, the wedding celebration is one of the most important events and creates valuable times and moments. Holidays can also be celebrated differently between Elizabethan England and today. In other cultures, people celebrate with their own religious holidays. Each culture is different and unique in their own way. For example, in…

Dancing, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, is the act to move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps. It is undeniable that the definition of dance is much more abundant than just one’s intrinsic body movement. People devote a lot of time to choreograph complex actions, of which require intensive training; to put in affecting emotions, of which require deep thinking; and to put inspiring moods, of which require precise depiction. In fact, dance is probably the most…

lifetime. For example, when a baby is born there is a ceremony to “welcome” the child to life. For Christians, they hold a baptism or christening. Judaism has similarity to baptisms from the Christian religion, but they also circumcise their sons as a ritual of purity. It is practiced by Jews, Muslims, and some Christians. When a child enters puberty, it is considered a rite of passage because it indicates…