Ceremony
ritual significance, performed on a certain occasion. For example, the Japanese tea ceremony was frequently held as a ritual of hospitality at the arrival of a guest.
Traditionally, a ceremony may mark a rite of passage in a personal human career, marking the significance of (for example):
- See also: human condition, initiation rite.
Other, society-wide ceremonies may mark annual or seasonal or recurrent events like:
Yet other ceremonies underscore the importance of irregular special occasions, such as:
Often ceremonies have a physical display or theatrical component: dance, a liturgy.
See also: gift
