Rituals are considered to be a set of actions that are performed, not for the actions themselves, but rather for the actions symbolic value. What determines the actions or rituals may include traditions, religion, and/or the community in which the ritual takes place. Moreover, any number of activities or events can be incorporated into a ritual. According to Kyriakidis (2007), the term ritual is actually the phraseology used by someone who is outside of the activity. For many, rituals are closely associated with reverence, particularly as it relates to religious rituals. Rituals serve a number of functions, socially, emotionally, as well as physically. Within the religious realm, it is frequently difficult to differentiate between the traditions of the faith, the rituals of the faith and the doctrine of the faith. Durkheim (1912) maintains that rituals and the sacred were essential elements of religion. Tischler (2010) asserts that even objects that...
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