Sentences with phrase «traditional rites»
"Traditional rites" refers to long-standing customs and ceremonies that are passed down through generations. They are formal and structured practices that hold cultural or religious significance for a particular community. Full definition
The older traditional rites of passage are either disappearing or are unable to deal with digital pornography, urban anonymity, and the driving anxieties of an uncertain future.
firstthings.com
The funeral rites of the late Paramount Chief began on Sunday, with the performance of traditional rites by the Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II.
Regulations governed behaviour on reserves, prohibited traditional rites and customs; govt control over property and marriage.
Should parents be worried that many teens are putting off traditional rites of passage like working, driving and dating?
One of the traditional rites of passage for political candidates is the revelation of financial status — a catechism - like recital of money mistakes made and debts owed.
Officers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, complete a team obstacle course, Feb. 3, 2012, at Fort Bragg, N.C., during a Prop Blast, a traditional rite - of - passage for officers new to the division.
So today there are Muslim fundamentalists, Jewish fundamentalists, Hindu fundamentalists and ethnic fundamentalists, each trying to preserve and revive their traditional rites, practices and beliefs.
But neither is it in listening alone, nor in performing traditional rites, nor in being attentive to the voice of the news, nor in hatchet - buryings between various kinds of antagonists.
Similarly in Hinduism there is a consciousness shared by hundreds of millions of followers of belonging to a community held together by the careful observances of the traditional rites and institutions, again despite the significant differences in doctrine, cult, and organization that distinguish Vaisnavas (of different Sampradayas), Saivites and Saktas, not to mention minor groups.
For him the traditional rites and practices of the church are «optional».
In its literal sense, it alludes to the ritual circumcision, or ukwaluka, that accompanies the traditional rite of passage for young Xhosa men,...
When I first started teaching, I experienced the traditional rite of passage that many first year teachers experience: committee work.
This cult of cloning is reminiscent of the traditional rites performed for a missing twin.
Stras is the first nominee to be confirmed without the traditional rite of passage in 80 years.