Rituals essays

In the true sense, ritual means right action, and any action done rightly, with wisdom and compassion, is a ritual. We cannot avoid action as long as we live. For action not to bind us, it must be a ritual not in the personal sense but as a means of connecting with cosmic being and its movement. Rituals are a feature of all known human societies.

Rituals are an important role in the cultural society and play a significant role in the way we live our lives. Rituals give us a feeling of security and loyalty towards a certain group. They are also a main part of religion, and that is where they are commonly found.

As he browsed through the Encyclopaedia Britannica, it caught his eye that the entry of “ritual” and “rite” are complementary to each other in the editions of the eighteenth century, but then divided into named anthropologists come to see ritual as a way of making history.

Before possessing such a territory, people have to carry out a ritual that repeats the Creation or construction of sacral space. For example, in Veda ritual of the territory take-over, the construction of Agni credence provides the connection with the divine world. Space becomes sacral (Eliade 21-27).