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…are the traditional emotions with which people embrace someone's death. In addition agony, anger and feelings of emptiness or sorrow often follow these feelings. As a result, ceremonies surrounding death, often reflect these emotions, making them somber and upsetting. Also…

…this legend (Ausport2). From this legend we take our version of the opening ceremony. In the modern Olympics a runner starts in Greece the birthplace of the games and runs to the city hosting the Olympics that year. The modern Olympics were started many…

…from the Congos and Cameroon. These religions lay the ground work for the course of religious ceremonies and contain the origins for the dieties worshipped in modern voodoo. Voodoo’s principle diety, Olorun (also known as Oloddumare) is the voodoo…

…the religious traditions that seemed extraneous to him. While he did not want to remove the sacraments, he did want some of the ceremonies removed. In addition to all these factors, the Church had become a place where simony or the buying of church office…

…joyous occasion. Mystery Cults Other than Christianity and Judaism, mystery religions were a major part of the early centuries. These cults were called "mystery religions" because they involved a secret ceremony that was known only to those being…

…black abayahs, and Sherifa wearing a hashmiya (a loose gown worn by southern Iraqi women on ceremonial occasions). When the mullah arrived, everyone moved around and kissed her hand, as she was the leader of this ceremony. Even though Elizabeth was not Muslim…

…, he has three chances to stop or he will be no longer be the chief. Ceremonies and festivals played an important role in the lives of the Iroquois. Most of these events were to honor the Great Spirit who provided good crops and plentiful game. Some…

…both positive and negative connotations, suggesting both purity and pollution, both innocence and immorality. Mrs. Porter's soda water is contrasted with the ceremonial water of the Grail chapel in Verlaine's "Parsifal." This parallel…

…, and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's barren landscape. The moai and ceremonial sites are along the coast, with a concentration on Easter Island's southeast coast. Here, the moai are more 'standardized' in design…

…ceremonies and contain the origins for the dieties worshipped in modern voodoo. Voodoo’s principle diety, Olorun (also known as Oloddumare) is the voodoo equivalent to the Christian God. Though the name can be trace to the Yoruba tribe, it is unknown if he…