Sentence examples for ritual marked from inspiring English sources

Just as the sighting - or rather hearing - of the first cuckoo in spring was once a British ritual, marked by a letter to the Times newspaper, so is the cutting of the first crowns of asparagus that peep out of the dark mounds of earth in Germany.

Sarafian tied a strip of cloth to a nearby bush, an ancient ritual marking a pilgrimage, and said a few words honoring Mishte.

This was no ritual marking of territory, but, they said, an unavoidable consequence of playing weekend soccer at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.

This ritual marking of his place takes him all day, and in the dusk he returns, his voice a raspy whisper.

IN A ritual marking the start of the academic year, last month the streets of Santiago were full of students dressed in colourful combinations of rags and body paint politely seeking donations from passers-by in the late-summer sunshine.

This ritual marks the beginning of every school day at Brown which resides on a quiet residential street lined by deciduous trees.

Sigurdardóttir's crime debut, Last Rituals, marked her break from a prizewinning career as a children's novelist but was also notable for its welcome dose of humour.

Perhaps the most interesting example is found in Tibet, where it is commonly believed that Buddhism became established in the 8th century only as the result of the wholesale subjugation of local deities a subjugation that must, from time to time, be repeated through the performance of rituals marked by their dynamism and ferocity.

Traditional family life is much involved with rituals marking life-cycle milestones and the observation of holidays and ancestral rites.

This was the tomb of the Virgin Mary, where the icon was returning as part of the rituals marking her "dormition".

Many of these rituals mark a separation from an old situation or mode of life, a transition rite celebrating the new situation, and a ritual of incorporation.