Ritual Development
What is your understanding of the word ritual?
A ritual is an established procedure that is done for either religious or other reasons. Rituals vary from country to country and have been present in societies for thousands of years.
What rituals do you observe in our society?
Baby showers are used as a ritual to mark the beginning of a significant event.
Bachelor parties are used a ritual to mark the end of a way of life.
Funerals are used as a ritual to mark the end of life.
Graduations are used to mark the completion of an important task.
Birthdays are used to mark the passing of a period of time.
Marriage ceremonies are used to mark the connection of two families.
What rituals do you observe in your family?
Many family participates in many traditional rituals such as birthday parties, celebration of holidays, and holy communion at church each Sunday. We have a unique Christmas ritual of opening one gift on Christmas Eve. It is always a pair of new pajamas and marks the start of the holiday for us. My parents did this when my brother and I were younger and I have continued it with my children. As I will be getting married in July, we are busy planning the ritual of marriage which will join our two families.
Are there any rituals that you can identify that are prevalent today? If so, what are they?
One ritual I notice is prevalent is birthday parties. It seems like every week my kids are asking to attend a birthday party for one friend or another. I also think that wedding rituals are very prevalent. There are whole television shows dedicated to this ritual.
What ritual would you like to develop for either our society or your family?
We have a few rituals that will be celebrated in our family this year. Since we will be getting married, that will be a ritual we celebrate. Also, I will be graduating on May so we will celebrate that ritual as well.
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