Sentence examples for main ritual from inspiring English sources

The main ritual activity referred to in the Rigveda is the soma sacrifice.

"The main ritual in our society right now is shopping," explains Talen.

The main ritual roles in most major religious sequences were reserved for initiated men, and much secret-sacred activity excluded all others, but women had important roles in many religious activities.

The festival's main ritual is offering of turmeric powder by the devotees.

The main nonarchitectural carvings yena, human heads; mindja, long boardlike carvings with a head at one end; and nogwi, figures of women were made for the three main rituals of the yam cult.

Indeed, Plutarch, in his Roman Questions, reported that in May one of the main rituals of purification, "the feast of the Argei", was carried out.

The Qing state's main shamanistic ritual was performed at the tangse by the emperor on the first day of the New Year.

According to Joseph Campbell in The Power of Myth: "The main theme in ritual is the linking of an individual to something larger than their own physical body -- something outside of what one knows life to be".

In an inheritance relationship, sex plays four main roles: i) Ritual sexual cleansing – the Luo believe that the death of a husband confers impurity upon the widow and restricts her from participating fully in certain social events.

Below are the two main pre-wedding rituals that are celebrated across the country: Pithi: The pithi ceremony is an auspicious ritual performed for good luck.

The opening scene of season three features a split-screen look at each of the main characters morning rituals, complete with peeing, pooping, plunging (the toilet), and primping-leaving little-to-nothing to the imagination.