Home›Calendrical Rituals›Obligation›ObligatoryBrowse ByObligatoryThis page groups rituals by whether performing them is a required duty or a voluntary devotion. Wikipedia notes that "for daily prayers, practicing Muslims must perform a ritual recitation from the Quran in Arabic while bowing and prostrating." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a mandatory rite from one an adherent may choose to observe or not.FactsLearn MoreObligatorySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites tied to a recurring point in a tradition's calendar rather than to an event in a life - a weekly sabbath, a seasonal turning, an annual first-fruits offering. Each is reckoned in its own calendar, so the recurrence is regular within the tradition and irregular against the civil year. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe Calendrical Rituals This group holds calendrical rituals, the rites fixed to the cycle of the year and the calendar: the observances of seasons, new moons, solstices and the recurring festivals that structure sacred time. They bind the community to the turning of the year and the rhythm of its tradition. The browser will find calendrical rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's timing, form and meaning, noting the tradition and the moment in the year it marks.ObligatoryFilter Results5 entriesAddressed ToAllAmaterasu (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-1200 (1)-1000 (1)700 (1)FrequencyAllAnnual (2)Weekly (3)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (2)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Householders, those living in the world (2)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (1)Japan (1)TraditionAllBreslov Hasidism (2)Chabad-Lubavitch (2)Conservative Judaism (2)Haredi Judaism (2)Hasidic Judaism (2)Humanistic Judaism (1)Karaite Judaism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (2)Orthodox Judaism (2)Reconstructionist Judaism (2)Reform Judaism (2)Originated InAllAncient Israel (1)Japan (1)Originates In LanguageAllHebrew (3)Kind of ritualAllJewish Sabbath and Festival Rites (4)Seasonal Rites of Japan and the Neopagan Year (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5HavdalahObligatoryKiddushObligatoryNiiname-saiObligatoryPassover SederObligatoryShabbatObligatorySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.