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…enjoyed the heightened sense of power that seemed to accompany drunkenness. For example, some Indians in the Great Lakes regions integrated alcohol into their existing ceremonies, notably mourning rituals. Other groups recognized the importance of alcohol…

…IN NEWSPAPERS, ON TELEVISION, AND ON RADIO. VETERANS DAY HAS BECOME THE DAY TO BUY FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING AT REDUCED PRICES, AND MEMORIAL DAY MEANS SPEACIALLY LOWERED PRICES ON PRODUCTS FOR THE COMING SUMMER. PARADES AND CEREMONIES ON LABOR DAY HONORING THE WORKERS…

…as servants. When the emperor had the Grand Ceremony the true scriptures were read for the first time with the result that the lost souls were saved from darkness and true teaching was promulgated throughout the empire.…

…have together and started to think of all the names that they could name them. On the day of their marriage, Megan was a nervous wreck. All their friends and family were there and she couldn't wait to see Webb. After the ceremony and reception was over…

…are promised at an early age to a man. The story “The Red Candle” shows an arranged marriage where the author sacrificed her life to fulfill her parents’ promise of marriage when she was only two years old. At the marriage ceremony the candle is lit at both ends…

…frequently were hard to control or even see). Those directives lent a new measure of consistency to the game, so that the ball a batter swung at in the bottom of the ninth was not different from the one used in the first-pitch ceremonies. Baseball today…

…to this ceremony some sicknesses are the result of the ghosts of aliens, either those whom a Navajo warrior has killed or those who died from other causes and with whom the Navajo may have had contact, sexual or otherwise. Touching the corpse or stepping on the grave…

…of certain animals whereas religions such as Catholicism do not. Being a Catholic, the sacrificing of innocent animals seems immoral and unethical, but to followers of the Hindu religion, they believe that the sacrificial ceremonies are sacred. As society…

…as a seamstress to earn a decent living. Hester had such skill with the needle that even the cruelest most well known people of the community wore her needlework. ''Vanity, chose to mortify itself, by putting on, for ceremonials of pomp and state, the garments that had…

…covered with woven vines and saplings covered with mud. These were later replaced by log structures. Each village had a council house where ceremonies and tribal meetings were held. The council house was seven sided to represent the seven clans of the Cherokee…