They wanted to perform a rite of spring.
Parishioners near Broué, in northern France, dragged their priest out of bed and forced him to perform a rite of exorcism on the cloud.
And, despite only having one EP to their name, tonight they perform a rite of passage for new London bands: a Scala headline show.
In that time, Father Hopkins said, he had united about 10 couples, performing a rite that he wrote himself.
Photos: Sheila Maepa, above left, and Mongane Wally Serote, both of Pretoria, South Africa, performed a rite on Friday during ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the African Burial Ground.
The narrator, less extreme — perhaps less courageous? or more courageous — stays put and reaches a gentle closure, courtesy of the twins, who perform a funeral rite on a telephone switch panel made obsolete by new technology, then depart cheerfully on "a tranquil November Sunday of rare clarity shining through each and every thing".
Two small, brutal studies, one in graphite on paper and the other in gouache and watercolor, depict an "Ancient Human Sacrifice" (all works, about 1932-34) in which figures with masked faces reminiscent of the cubist works of Picasso perform a violent rite upon a man who is stretched out in a position recalling a crucifixion.
In her new work the minifurniture again assumes a role, but this time it interacts in a noirish way with larger-scale cutout figures, as in "The Long House (Den)," in which a scantily dressed woman in the company of old wicker chairs seems to perform a mysterious rite in the shadows.
So he joined "Exorcism: Live!" and will be on hand to: (a) keep everyone as safe as possible, and (b) perform a minor rite of exorcism, trying to force the evil entity in the house to manifest itself so the team can get rid of it.
Recently, a 17-year-old girl drove from Kansas City to visit the house with her sister and to perform an emotional rite of passage.
She had returned this day to perform a traditional mourning rite, washing the grave of her husband, who died before the earthquake.
