ritual

ritual

Behavior that is formal, stylized, repetitive, and stereotyped, performed earnestly as a social act; rituals are held at set times and places and have liturgical orders. Shaman-A part-time religious practitioner who mediates between ordinary people and supernatural beings and forces.

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