Sentence examples for use in ceremonial from inspiring English sources

Tomorrow at 2 p.m., conversation and film screening of "The Giglio," discussion about the giglio and its use in ceremonial processions in Italian-American communities.

Because of their loud wailing sound, they were used in ceremonial mourning of the dead or to avenge a defeated clan.

A 19th-century Italian carnival mask made of painted papier-mâché has much in common with a demonic mask of a Tibetan king used in ceremonial dances in 18th- or 19th-century Bhutan.

Among them are "peace medals" bearing the portraits of American presidents, intended as gifts for Indian chiefs, and a mask made from a buffalo head that was used in ceremonial dances.

Masks, generally used in ceremonial dances, are restricted to the tribes of certain areas: the Guartegaya and Amniapé (Amniepe) of the upper Madeira, the tribes of the upper Xingu, the Karajá and the Tapirapé of the Araguáia River area, some Ge of central Brazil, and the Guaraní of southern Bolivia.

He derives the names of spirits used in ceremonial magic from the Bible as interpreted by the Cabalists.

In millennia past, their feathers were used in ceremonial headdresses, during religious athletic competitions like the ubiquitous pok-ta-pok.

Traditional folk healers, or curanderos, maintain familiarity with psychoactive mushrooms (and other mind-altering plants used in ceremonial rituals), and diagnose illnesses by having the client ingest the mushrooms.

Tangut leaves are leaves that are used in the garden to designate land boundaries and used in ceremonial activities to decorate the bodies of men and women.

The longtail feathers of the great Indian hornbill are treasured for use in traditional ceremonial dress.

The extraordinarily difficult ikat textiles (woven cotton and occasionally silk, especially in Cambodia) are made primarily for use in important ceremonials and were regarded by their makers as major works of art.