115th Show & Tell Competition: Rituals

[anerino]

every night, before bed:

[photomary]

You've got to get by the man at the door if you want to get in to see the band at a club on 6th Street in Austin, Texas during the SxSW Music Festival happening this week. Of course, this ritual occurs each weekend night at clubs all over town, and all over the world.


When you've got even less money coming in, shopping at a dollar store becomes a weekly ritual.

[grompem]

blessing of the prius (kumamoto)


zen by the river


wedding in kyoto

[kalamazoo]

[dkite]

Click on the photos to see any of them in full size.

The Rut
The annual mating season for deer in Scotland's characterised by the bellow of Stags as they call their doe's and challenge their rivals


The Milk Thief
Kid's all over the world leave a treat out for Santa and sometimes his Reindeer. It's probably just my kid that then decides to make a last minute switch to the naughty list as he tries to steal the milk....


Always the Bridesmaid
A photo taken in the Sri Mariman temple in Singapore of a Hindu wedding party.

[happypoppeye]

Hmmm, tough choice as I have all these "ritual" shots, all equally bad!

The Masked Dance (or dancers)of the Dogon held on the Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali:
http://www.pbase.com/happypoppeye/aa_dogon_masked_dance


Tea with the Tuareg just outside of Timbuktu, Mali (Tea is a BIG ritual for these guys):
http://www.pbase.com/happypoppeye/tea_with_the_tuareg


Worship from the Ummayyed Mosque, Damascus, Syria:

[beechphotography]

http://www.pbase.com/beechphotography/image/107827117

http://www.pbase.com/beechphotography/image/107827069

http://www.pbase.com/beechphotography/image/107827123

[clyne]

Many rituals are associated with marriage. This is the a Tea Ceremony held during a Chinese wedding in Singapore.


The annual Qing Ming (clear and bright) Festival is also known as the Grave-Sweeping day. The graves of ancestors are cleaned and restored, and paper offerings, candles and incense are burned.


During one of the many rituals in the Vegetarian Festival a Ma Song (meduim) is posessed by the spirit of a god. As the posession ends he propels himself backwards into the air to be caught by the onlooking crowd.

[fishit]

On Good Friday, thousands of faithful climb the steps of a Mount Adams church called Holy Cross - Immaculata.
They pray the rosary at each step.
This is a 143-year-old tradition of praying and climbing the hillside steps to Holy Cross-Immaculata Church in Mount Adams, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Services start at mid night and go to midnight Friday, every Good Friday.

[vortexmyth]

Polynesian rituals:

[gpmerfeld]

Images are clickable for full size view...

The ritual of the Hawaiian Chant:
"Chant"


The ritual of the Mayan Cultural Dance:
"Shadow Dance One"


Water as a most personal ritual:
"From The Deep: Into Light"

[aviles]

Sampling the goods before buying them...


Discussing the news with a friend while enjoying the warm sun...


Making horses fly...

[nsaratan]

'five candles' representing my daughter's fifth birthday, here's she's snuffing after the teacher told
the stories about her to her classmates. A little ceremony they have in waldorf school.

Advent garden in a waldorf school. My daughter lighting a candle. All is quiet with just the music from the lyre.
Each child in turn, holding a red apple with a small unlit candle inserted into it,
slowly walks along the spiral path and lights the candle from the center light.
On the return the child places the apple and candle on one of the golden stars.
When all the children have had a turn, the garden path is aglow from all the smaller lights.

The persistent prayer, symbolized by this candle, which after a drizzle in the churchyard was still alive.

[megrag]

Celebrating a birthday. She's 2.

[cutepinoy2002]

The ritual of getting ready in general, but this was a fun night. Halloween

Evening reading