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religious rituals  

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  • A religious ritual is a prescribed, routinized, and ceremonial action or set of actions, the function of which is symbolic and has specific significance to the performer and the performer's community. On a very basic level, rituals are an inherent part of living. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Religious Rituals]

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