| True, he was a confirmed atheist, who had no patience for divinity, prayers or rituals. |
| Still, one could say that all wakes are formulaic, rituals being a most popular and apparently effective means to deal with death. |
| Joseph offers a checklist of twelve rituals as part of the first stage or warm-up. |
| Over the centuries, various ceremonies and rituals developed around the tradition of drinking wassail. |
| Starting from the time when the child is in the womb, these sixteen rituals end in the final journey of the body into the afterlife. |
| On the wedding morning, various ablutionary rituals are performed on both the bride and the groom in their own homes. |
