Home›Devotional Rituals›Practice Status›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups rituals by whether they are still actively performed today. Wikipedia notes that "rituals appeal to tradition and are generally continued to repeat historical precedent, religious rite, mores, or ceremony accurately." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a living rite apart from one preserved only in historical description.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (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.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results15 entriesAddressed ToAllAmaterasu (1)Origin Period Start YearAll100 (1)500 (2)600 (1)700 (2)1700 (1)1848 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (3)FrequencyAllAnnual (3)As the occasion requires (8)Daily (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (2)Seasonal, at set points in the year (1)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)ObligationAllObligatory (1)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (3)Optional and voluntary (3)Recommended and meritorious, not required (2)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (15)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed alone or together (2)Performed by a gathered group (7)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (5)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Initiates only (2)Trained or authorised specialists (7)Native To RegionAllArabia (1)Indian Subcontinent (3)Japan (2)Korea (1)Persia (1)Punjab (1)United States (1)Vietnam (1)Holds ElementAllFire (1)TraditionAllShia (Twelver) (1)Originated InAllArabia (1)Indian Subcontinent (3)Japan (2)Korea (1)Persia (1)Punjab (1)United States (1)Vietnam (1)Yorubaland (1)Originates In LanguageAllArabic (1)Classical Persian (1)French (1)Korean (1)Sanskrit (2)Thai (1)Vietnamese Language (1)Kind of ritualAllAfrican, Diaspora and Native American Devotional Rites (2)Christian, Jewish and Western Esoteric Devotional Rites (1)East and Southeast Asian Shinto, Daoist and Spirit Rites (5)Hindu Murti Veneration Rites (4)Indic and Buddhist Devotional Rites (1)Islamic Devotional Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15AartiLiving tradition, practised todayAbhishekaLiving tradition, practised todayDaijosaiLiving tradition, practised todayGeledeLiving tradition, practised todayGut (Korean Shamanic Rite)Living tradition, practised todayHajjLiving tradition, practised todayKaguraLiving tradition, practised todayKumbhabhishekamLiving tradition, practised todayLen DongLiving tradition, practised todayLibationLiving tradition, practised todayNagar KirtanLiving tradition, practised todayPrana PratishthaLiving tradition, practised todaySeanceLiving tradition, practised todayTa'ziyehLiving tradition, practised todayWai Khru Ram MuayLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. 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.