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      "understand cultural meanings"
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      "religious rites",
      "life-cycle ceremonies such as weddings and funerals",
      "academic ceremonies",
      "commemorations"
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        "target": "event",
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      "Venue safety and licensing"
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      "Excluding disabled participants",
      "Disrespect for religious rites"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Disrupt a ceremony or film it against the hosts' wishes.",
        "Mock or misrepresent religious or cultural rites.",
        "Perform or certify a legal ceremony, such as a wedding, without lawful authority."
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        "Changing the rites or protocol of a ceremony.",
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        "Rites are sacred to the communities that hold them."
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        "Participants",
        "Communities that hold the rites"
      ]
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        "Civil registers of marriages",
        "State protocol records"
      ]
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      "title": "Wiktionary: ceremony",
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        "rationale": "Occasion sets form.",
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                    "text": "What does the ceremony mark?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Who hosts it?",
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                  }
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            ]
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                    "text": "Which tradition shapes it?",
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                  },
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                    "text": "Which elements are required?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
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                  {
                    "text": "Who speaks and when?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "description": "Guests.",
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              {
                "id": "etiquette-finding",
                "name": "Etiquette",
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                  {
                    "text": "What dress and conduct are expected?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How are dignitaries addressed?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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        "id": "legal",
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        "rationale": "Some ceremonies have legal effect.",
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            "description": "Law.",
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                "id": "requirements-finding",
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                    "text": "Does the ceremony have legal effect, such as marriage?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                  {
                    "text": "What formalities are required?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "description": "Licensing.",
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                "id": "venue-finding",
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                "description": "Venue.",
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                  {
                    "text": "Is the venue licensed and safe for the attendance?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Are exits and accessibility adequate?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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        ]
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      {
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                    "text": "Are interpreters, captions and step-free access provided?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is seating accessible?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "respect",
            "name": "Respect",
            "description": "Other faiths.",
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              {
                "id": "respect-finding",
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                "description": "Respect.",
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                  {
                    "text": "Are guests from other traditions guided respectfully?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Are beliefs attributed rather than asserted?",
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                  }
                ]
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        ]
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    "Should ceremony types be separate entries?",
    "How should protocol guides be linked?",
    "How should religious rites be described respectfully?"
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}