### activity | custom:

Ritual
* Experience the fundamental rituals of Jainism.
* Many rituals are concerned with purity and purification
  - focus on health and fertility, such as male and female initiation rituals
* Some rituals involve the exchange of differently scented ants
  - serve as rites of passage, punctuating critical events in the lives of individuals.
  * can mark a passage or a change. For example, some rituals show that a boy has become a man
* act as milestones on the path of life.
* actually key off parts of the brain.
* are acts.
* are also a positive way to help families affirm their beliefs and values
  - important for our spiritual life
* are an important part of all traditions
  - the tradition of many religions
  - behaviour
  - books
  - ceremony
  - conventional activities associated with belief systems
  - cultural activities
  - distinct from the normal activities of social life
  - events or activities that are performed on a regular basis
  - habits of the heart
  - icons of connections, they are the art of our lives
  - important in our lives
* are part of human existence
  - the human fabric, whether in daily life or in the church
  - social events
  - symbolic events that can support and aid growth and healing
  - symbols of religious ideas
  - the behaviors in which children engage in response to a compulsion
* associated with yams are a major part of their spiritual life.
* bring order out of chaos.
* can address endings, loss, grief, recovery or identity
  - be a means for joining with the natural order
* create relationships between human beings as well as with the divine.
* empower one's desires.
* evoke spirituality and help to preserve traditions.
* give order and meaning to our lives linking our inner and outer worlds.
* help young children develop new abilities and define their environment.
* indeed are important to the strength of families and the well-being of children.
* make up one of four principal patterns of human interaction.
* occupy a major part of Hmong musical life.
* occur in multitudinous variety in all the world's cultures.
* often are sacred
  - involve an eternal flame, and kindling a fire is equated with birth and resurrection
* protect ethics.
* serve to acknowledge change without threatening the overall social order.
* shape people.
* surrounding birth, puberty, marriage, and death are rites of passage.
* turn beliefs into spiritual experiences that proves their reality.
+ Religion, Traditions, Ritual:
  * Rituals are an important part of the tradition of many religions. In many religions, it is the tradition for people to meet for a celebration on one day in every week. There are also major celebrations that may be held only at certain times of the year, for example, on the birthday of a person who is honoured in that religion. Some religions have celebrations for different seasons of the year, or when the sun or moon is in a certain part of the sky.

### activity | custom | ritual:

Courtship ritual
* are important to ensure that both parties are ready.
* ensure that males and females are closer to each other.
* take place in every species.
* vary from species to species, but invariably involve calling
  - widely among species