He continued, "One does not think of commissioned ceremonial works as art.
The archeologists say they still don't know if these earthworks, which are made of trenches thirty-six feet wide and ten feet deep, with adjacent walls up to three feet high, were designed for defensive purposes or for ceremonial works.
There, in the 1280's, people of the Mogollon culture occupied caves, which may have been used as ceremonial centers, work areas, communal kitchens or prayer kivas.
By Alexander Stille March 19, 2013 While the new Pope, Francis, has made a point of emphasizing simplicity — rather than wearing the usual gold ring, he has insisted on one made of silver — today he gave way to Vatican tradition and formally assumed his office following most (but not all) of the elaborate ceremonial script worked out in minute detail over more than a thousand years.
Developing a love of the country, he continued experimenting with ceremonial magic, working with John Dee's Enochian invocations.
Last year the government settled with a Sikh employee who was fired for wearing a ceremonial dagger at work.
Known for his ceremonial and liturgical work, Matzdorf created more than 900 designs during a career that spanned six decades.
But most other second ladies have devoted themselves to volunteer work and ceremonial duties on behalf of their husbands.
Now we have a radical interpretation from Riccardo Chailly and the Concertgebouw that drains the work of ceremonial pomposity and fills it with a heady sensuality.
Where possible, Ms. Biro gives us details about the works' original, ceremonial contexts.
