RITUAL DEVELOPMENT
QUESTIONS
- What
is your understanding of the word "ritual?"
Merriam-Webster
dictionary defines ritual as the established form of ceremony or a system of
rites ("Merriam-webster: Ritual," 2013). While, this stands as a
decent foundation for my understanding of rituals, I believe that the
definition goes a little deeper than that. From my understanding, a ritual is
not necessarily a ceremony but may include ceremonious acts. A ritual is any
act passed through a culture over time.
- What
rituals do you observe in our society?
An
obvious ritual observed in today’s society is the wedding and everything
surrounding. The actual ceremony itself is obvious, but I also consider the rehearsal
dinner, honeymoon, bachelor/ette party and all events that occur before or after
the ceremony itself a ritual. Funerals, dedications, christenings, and baptisms
are also all very common rituals of modern society.
- What
rituals do you observe in your family?
Basically,
all of the above-observed rituals are part of my family’s rituals and
traditions as well. Apart from those common rituals, we have dinner at the same
family member’s house for each separate holiday and do basically all of the
same sports and other activities at those events. We also have family reunions,
at which most of the same activities that are performed at the holiday cookouts
are performed.
- Are
there any rituals that you can identify that are prevalent today? If so,
what are they?
Every ritual that I
have named dealing with marriage and death are very much prevalent today and a
part of daily life. These rituals can be found in countless movies, and most of
them even have many movies, songs, etc. centered entirely around the event of
one of these rituals in the life/death of a character in the work.
- What
ritual would you like to develop for either our society or your family?
I
have not decided exactly what ritual I would like to develop for my family. The
only thing I know for sure is that it will be something that involves spending
a decent sum of money on a get-together or possibly an annual vacation to a
far-away tropic, because that will have meant that I have successfully changed
the financial standing of the family.
REFERENCES
Merriam-webster:
Ritual. (2013). Retrieved from
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ritual
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