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rite

vr.tr.rite · ACT.ACT

Let an agent describe rites neutrally with attribution to the traditions and to scholarship, distinguish rite from ritual, ceremony and custom, explain kinds and their meanings, and route participation and religious guidance to the communities.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe rites neutrally with attribution to the traditions and to scholarship, distinguish rite from ritual, ceremony and custom, explain kinds and their meanings, and route participation and religious guidance to the communities.

A prescribed ceremonial act or set of acts performed according to religious or traditional rules, such as a baptism, a foot washing, a procession, a fast or an initiation, carrying meaning for its participants and community; rites mark passages, seasons and beliefs and are studied in religious studies and anthropology.

What it is for: Enacting meaning, belief and belonging within a tradition.

It can be explain kinds of rite and their meanings with attribution; distinguish rite, ritual, ceremony and custom; relay scholarship on rites; route religious guidance to communities.

Distinguishing features

Prescribed form

Meaning within a tradition

Marks passages, seasons and beliefs

Performed by or for a community

What it looks like

Not a single object; a performed sequence of actions, words and objects in a set order.

How it is recognised

Prescribed ceremonial act within a tradition

Fixed form and meaning

Everyday habits and secular ceremonies are related but distinct

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

religious event

is a kind of - a customary act

traditional activity

is confused with - often used interchangeably, with distinctions in scholarship

ritual

is studied by - the discipline

anthropology of religion

In practice

Families and kinds

rites of passage such as birth, initiation, marriage and death

sacramental rites

processions and pilgrimages

ritual washing and purification

fasts and calendar rites

liturgical rites as families of worship forms

Standards and regulation

Rules of the tradition or community that owns the rite

Freedom of religion protections

Public order and safety rules for processions

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting one tradition or interpretation as the whole

Disrespect or trivialisation

Safety incidents at large processions

Also called

recurring equestrian processionAutos sacramentalesritual foot washing in Christianityritual washingFriday Fastreligious processionEpitaphios processionChristian processionprocessional riteHoly Week processionSecular humanist ceremonyHát then (Rite)nirok nanggokmandi bunga setaman Melawimohuntingonekyiaflag hoistingNine nightsDikshavision questCercakanjōtraditions of BelarusiansMasonic ritecandidacyRatih TagakSiat GeniMalankara RiteHanenkapequestrian processionidol processionCrucessionpardonChagu Chagu UmakkoGood Friday processionflag hoisting in FinlandRite of Mason's Word

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Concept What a rite is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition and distinctions.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a rite, and how does it differ from ritual, ceremony and custom in scholarship? definition
  2. Is the question about a religious rite or a secular ceremony? boundary

Kinds

Kinds.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What kinds of rite exist, and what do they mark? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific rite? action
Meaning Meaning and practice.

Attribution.

Tradition

In the tradition.

Tradition

Tradition.

  1. What does the rite mean and require according to the tradition that performs it? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed to the tradition? boundary

Scholarship

Scholarly views.

Scholarship

Scholarship.

  1. How do anthropologists and religious studies scholars interpret rites, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Participate Participation and conduct.

Practice.

Conduct

Conduct for participants and visitors.

Conduct

Conduct.

  1. What conduct is expected of participants and visitors, as the community describes it? provenance
  2. Is the user seeking religious guidance, which the community provides? boundary

Safety

Public rites and safety.

Safety

Safety.

  1. What rules apply to processions and public rites? provenance
  2. Which entry fits event safety? action
Context History and change.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How have rites developed and changed within traditions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific tradition? action

Secular

Secular rites.

Secular

Secular.

  1. What secular rites and ceremonies exist, and how do they relate? provenance
  2. Which entry fits ceremony? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should rites of passage be a separate entry?
  • How should tradition sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific rites from several traditions; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON