Ritual

‘Performances mark identities, bend time, reshape and adorn the body, and tell stories’ – Richard Schechner, Performance Studies: An Introduction. Human life is drenched nowadays with ritual and traditions and Christmas Day comes under that very heavily, it is a greatly celebrated event, especially in our Western society. Naturally, we will adopt restored behaviour and focus into our ‘second reality’. Schechner’s ‘Performance Studies: An Introduction’ gives an insight to the various concepts…

categories are rituals, relationships, and restrictions. Rituals are specific activities that your family or culture participates in. Relationships are the way that your culture interacts with certain groups of people. Lastly, restrictions are things that have limitations in your life. My rituals, relationships, and restrictions define who I am,…

Apache history, but, in fact, is an active part of their culture today. For the tribe, the puberty ceremony connects lore with virtues, spirituality, and ancestry; however, observing from the outside, the ritual demonstrates something else entirely. In a rapidly advancing modern world, rituals are things often only read about in history books, religion rarely plays a role in bringing communities together,…

however religions such as Confucianism and African traditional religion are often overlooked. Each religion has its own belief in creation, values, and purposes. Confucianism and African Traditional Religion are similar with the practice of death rituals, life after death concepts, moral teachings, and misconduct and consequences. A comparison of the two religions, not only provides insight to how other religions relate, but insight to why religions have similarities. Death is never an easy…

foundation, 2016). Two different types of ritual in religion are private devotion and public worship. Private devotion is a personal worship to God which occurs solely between the person in prayer and God privately without being surrounded by other worshippers (Religiouslyincorrect Org, 2009). Public worship however is the opposite as it involves a group of people joining together to worship God together (Religiouslyincorrect Org, 2009). For these reasons the ritual of Rosary beads can be…

Most Worthy Emperor and Most Distinguished First Grand Secretary, thank you for granting me the opportunity to speak again and allowing me to present a memorial on a topic of my choosing. I humbly come before you and the members of the Grand Secretariat today: to speak of matters not only dear to me, but to the entirety of the Ming Empire. Over the past few meetings, we have been talking about corruption, what it takes to be a good, effective leader, and the many issues endangering the empire…

architecture is complemented the massive windows. This ritual took place at 8:00 in the morning. The people who attended this service were few. There was around twelve people, including myself. The population of attendees were mainly senior citizens, I being the youngest one. A follow student was also present in observance of this ritual. Giving the time of the day, and day of the week, I can only infer that the followers of this religion that attended this ritual were either really devoted, or…

In Elizabeth Shuler’s school journal, Balancing Act: A Discussion of Gender Roles Within Wiccan Ritual, she says, “Every aspect of Wiccan Ritual is aimed toward enacting embodying balance and unity.” There are two rituals which exhibit the immanence of the divine: Drawing Down the Moon and the Great Rite. During this ritual the High Priestess of the coven will enter a trance and the High Priest will kneel before the High Priestess. The priest calls upon the…

The Seder is a seasonal ritual meal that has been celebrated for many years once a year by Jewish people. It helps them remember how God gave them back their freedom from the Egyptians. Although Moses played a major role in the famous Exodus story he is not mentioned in the Seder. Instead they focus mostly on the Jewish people, and Adonai, who they consider Lord. A ritual can be classified a number of different ways, and can fit the description of more than one category. The Seder in my opinion…

Question 1 Three of the five common beliefs found in indigenous African religion are, the universe is a unified system, ancestors, way of life. First, many African religions believe that the universe is a spiritual realm between the body and soul. A belief that what you do on earth can have an effect on the soul in the afterlife. Also, distinctions are made between the forces and people that are visible against the ones that are not. Also, another common belief is Ancestry. In which many…