Sentences with phrase «for sacred ceremony»

They once used the dark portions of their caves for their sacred ceremonies.

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They attend weekly services in chapels, also referred to as «wards» or meetinghouses, while their large temples (accessible only to those deemed sufficiently faithful) are utilized for the most important and sacred ceremonies, including baptisms for the dead and celestial marriages - during which couples are «sealed» for eternity.

For example, parallels to the Catholic sacramental model, in which a sacred event is re-enacted within carefully measured boundaries of time and space, can be found in the formal dynamics of sports events and civil ceremonies, such as the Super Bowl or the presidential inauguration.

Also referred to as temple work, ordinances are the sacred ceremonies performed within LDS temples for the living and the dead.

At evening time it is, with equal ceremony, locked away for the night in a specially prepared vault for safekeeping.11 It is not a little strange that a faith which rules out idolatry should have come, in the end, very near, if not quite, to making their sacred book an object of worship.

Just before the Friar marries Romeo and Juliet in a secret ceremony, Romeo shows up in church too excited and in love to prepare himself properly for the sacred rite.

When they did, some years later, she couldn't have a temple marriage, which allows two Mormons to be sealed for eternity in a sacred ceremony — a rite considered necessary to reach the highest level in heaven.

For example, in ancient Judaism the feasts and special ceremonies were of great importance, and many believed that the temple was a sacred place.

Dozens of native Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians gathered at the entrance to Mauna Kea summit on Tuesday to protest further development on their «sacred mountain,» blocking the way for the planned ceremony.

In many cultures, the new and full moon periods are sacred times for ritual, ceremony and the setting of intentions / goals.

Fasting has been around for thousands of years and is used mainly for religious reasons such as fasting prior to some spiritual or sacred ceremonies.

Please be prepared to stay for the entire session to hold the sacred space for your fellow attendees and receive the extras at the end of the ceremony.

Birthdays, New Year's, astrological transits, equinoxes, retrogrades, and moon phases are all opportunities for a sacred tarot ceremony.

We began by hiking a little way up the Inca trail (away from our ultimate destination) to a sacred site where we performed a beautiful ceremony to connect us with nature, set our collective intentions for our journey together, and celebrate the powerful mountain energy which surrounded us.

Balinese Hindu purification ceremonies are held beside the ocean at the sacred Pura Segara sea temple, and the glistening black sandy stretch of coastline is popular with surfers and beachcombers, but swirling currents and a lack of lifeguards make it unsuitable for swimming.

These sacred places were used for important ceremonies conducted to appease the gods of the underworld.

Day 18 Chisec - Sayaxché - Flores Island: After breakfast boat trip to go Cancuén archaeological site, considered even in these days as sacred ceremonies are performed here, mainly to pray for the harvest of the maize planting.

Bliss out in Bali which is a beloved destination renowned for its enchanting mixture of healing spa treatments, refined artistic culture and unique spiritual heritage, sacred temples with colourful daily ceremonies, friendly locals, warm Indian Ocean waters and endless coastline of tropical beaches.

Art Dynamics Pertujukan Bali Tourism Culture in Context In general, the performing arts of Bali can be categorized into three: wali (sacred performing arts), which only made when the ritual worship; bebali performances are dedicated to the ceremony but also to visitors; and Balih - balihan nature for mere entertainment in public places.

His paintings encapsulate the most recent stage of his style as it has evolved since 1987, three years after he «came in» from the remote desert to live in Papunya, an Indigenous settlement.4 Like other tribal elders with major ritual responsibilities, Warlimpirrnga creates «ground paintings» on the desert floor for sacred yet secret ceremonies.

The Klamath River Canyon has been sacred to Native Americans for some 7,000 years, providing both physical and metaphysical nourishment as a fishery and a location for vision quests, curing ceremonies, and spiritual preparation.

The new birthing centre in Toronto, for example, allows Indigenous women to include smudging ceremonies, sacred songs, and drumming circles into their labours.

Typically, it is the sacred account of the creation of the physical and social world by dreaming ancestors in their heroic and ancient travels that are recounted in song cycles, ceremonies, designs and ultimately the basis for claims to country according to traditional laws and customs.