Sentence examples for rites concerned from inspiring English sources

…other rites concerned with the fertility and fecundity of the soil.

In some agricultural societies (e.g., those of West Africa) yams and other tuber plants have been important in planting and harvest sacrifices and in other rites concerned with the fertility and fecundity of the soil.

The remainder of the rites concern how to conduct various feasts throughout the year.

Charles Thomas Maillard de Tournon, (born Dec. 21, 1668, Turin, Italy died June 8 , 1710 Macau, China), papal legate sent to the Chinese court to settle the rites controversy, which concerned the legitimacy of considering Confucianism an ethical system, not a religion a position the Jesuits had taken in China so that Chinese Christians could continue to observe Confucian rites.

There were also guidelines describing how banquets were to be set up, as well ritual instructions concerning funeral rites, immortality practice and petitions.

Americans were convinced that Japanese education had been too concerned with rote memorization and indoctrination and that what Japan needed was a curriculum that encouraged initiative and self-reliance.

Although concerned with the rites of cooking and not the rights of man, Pinkard's lucidly argued and carefully researched account is, in this respect, more than just a story about food.

Indonesians, who were already concerned with funerary rites and welfare of the dead and who considered the elaborate rituals of metalworking as a metaphor for spiritual transmutation and liberation of the soul, would have paid particular attention to Hindu devotional techniques for achieving immortality in Shiva's abode.

An altogether different and extensive mythology exists concerning initiation rites and other "rites of passage" that involve transformation of man's being.

An altogether different and extensive mythology exists concerning initiation rites and other "rites of passage" that involve transformation of an individual's being.

Equally concerned with ritual is "Les Noces," yet another take on Stravinsky's formidable cantata depicting the marriage rites of Russian peasants.