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Rituals

Rituals. Symbols and Purpose. 1. What is a ritual? Brainstorm…. Ceremony dedicated to Confucius. Tibetan Sky Burial. Hindu Ritual - Thaipusam. Hindu Funeral Ceremony. Rituals. Watch the following slides and note the common elements considering the question: What is a ritual?. Rituals.

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Rituals

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  1. Rituals Symbols and Purpose

  2. 1. What is a ritual? Brainstorm… Ceremony dedicated to Confucius Tibetan Sky Burial

  3. Hindu Ritual - Thaipusam Hindu Funeral Ceremony

  4. Rituals Watch the following slides and note the common elements considering the question: What is a ritual?

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  43. Rituals in World Religions Unit What rituals are important to Australian society and culture and why? How significant is a particular ritual to adherents of a particular faith? To what extent are differences within particular religious traditions the result of doctrine or practice? How do groups pass on their beliefs and traditions?

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  45. Rituals in World Religions • Brainstorm your own definition of ritual. • Brainstorm some components of a ritual.

  46. Rituals in World Religions Read the Introduction to ‘Ritual’ on page 26 of your textbook. In pairs write a more informed definition of “ritual”.

  47. Rituals: Use signs, symbols, dramatic actions to invoke feelings of belonging and transition. They enact belief through celebration, sharing, obedience, submission, purification and movement bridging belief and practice.

  48. Rituals communication on 2 levels: Between people and their god or higher being Between the individual and fellow believers Rituals demonstrate that religion is not just about what adherents believe but about what they do to practice and enhance their belief.

  49. Reading and Notetaking: • Handout - The Variety of Ritual Behaviour: • Day-to-Day Rituals • ‘Special Occasion’ Rituals • Ritual in Society (Answer Questions) • Ritual: What’s it all About? • What are the five ways a ritual can be described?

  50. Ritual can be described as: A formal ceremony (shaking hands, marriage) Concerned with personal and social relations (greetings, saluting, waving flags) So a group or society may express and strengthen its beliefs and organization (funeral/burial rituals, ten commandments) An outward behavior which expresses an inner intention (kneeling, praying) May be a re-enactment of a myth (Babylonian Akitu, New Year ritual, re-enacts creation myth)

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