Home›Devotional Rituals›Frequency›AnnualBrowse ByAnnualThis page groups rituals by how often they are performed, from a once-in-a-lifetime rite to one repeated on a fixed cycle. Wikipedia notes that "calendrical rituals give social meaning to the passage of time, creating repetitive weekly, monthly or yearly cycles." Browsing by frequency lets a visitor tell an annual festival apart from a rite performed only once in a person's life.FactsLearn MoreAnnualSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites whose purpose is the honouring of a deity, ancestor or holy figure - offering, praise, procession, service - performed by a congregation or by an officiant on its behalf. The grouping cuts across traditions with very different accounts of what the act does, from a sacrament held to convey grace to a meal shared with the dead. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe devotional rituals This group holds devotional rituals, the formal, repeated acts of worship and reverence directed toward the divine: liturgies, offerings, processions and the regular rites of the temple, church, mosque or home. Where devotional practices are the ongoing habit of piety, these are its structured ceremonial forms. The browser will find devotional rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's order, purpose and setting, noting the tradition that performs it.AnnualFilter Results6 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-400 (1)500 (1)1700 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2)ObligationAllOptional and voluntary (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (2)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (6)Social FormAllPerformed alone or together (1)Performed by a gathered group (5)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (2)Householders, those living in the world (1)Lay people (1)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)Trained or authorised specialists (2)Native To RegionAllChina (1)India (1)Persia (1)Punjab (1)West Africa (1)Yorubaland (1)TraditionAllShia (Twelver) (1)Originated InAllChina (1)India (1)Persia (1)Punjab (1)West Africa (1)Yorubaland (2)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Persian (1)Pali (1)Sanskrit (1)Kind of ritualAllAfrican, Diaspora and Native American Devotional Rites (2)East and Southeast Asian Shinto, Daoist and Spirit Rites (1)Indic and Buddhist Devotional Rites (2)Islamic Devotional Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6Egungun MasqueradeAnnualGeledeAnnualGhost Festival ritesAnnualKathina (robe offering)AnnualNagar KirtanAnnualTa'ziyehAnnualSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Worship and Devotional LifeView 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.