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1	->''And may her bridegroom bring her to a house\
2	Where all's accustomed, ceremonious;\
3	For arrogance and hatred are the wares\
4	Peddled in the thoroughfares.\
5	How but in custom and in ceremony\
6	Are innocence and beauty born?\
7	Ceremony's a name for the rich horn,\
8	And custom for the spreading laurel tree. ''
9	-->-- '''Creator/WilliamButlerYeats''', ''A Prayer For My Daughter''
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11	All kinds of rituals, ceremonies, rites, etc..
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13	!!Tropes:
14	[[index]]
15	[floatboxright:
16	'''Sub-indexes:'''
17	+ BirthdayTropes
18	+ FuneralTropes
19	+ HolidayTropes
20	+ IndexOfPrayerAndMeditation
21	+ WeddingAndEngagementTropes
22	]
23	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: A person becomes a ruler by doing something awesome to earn their position.
24	* BanishingRitual: A magic ritual to send away a ghost, demon, EldritchAbomination.
25	* CandlelitRitual: A ritual performed by candlelight.
26	* DeathbedPromotion: A soldier at or near the point of death is honored by being formally elevated in rank.
27	* EarPiercingPlot: A young character wants their ears pierced to look more grown-up, but is either too scared to do it or is forbidden from doing so by their parents.
28	* ImperfectRitual: The material lacks or substitutes some key component, but manages to start anyway.
29	* InitiationCeremony: A ceremony that permits the participant to enter an organization
30	* InsigniaRipOffRitual: A character being disgraced or demoted has the insignia on their uniform ripped off.
31	* {{Knighting}}: A ceremony where a person is granted a knighthood by royalty.
32	* NudeNatureDance: Characters embrace nature by dancing naked in open fields or forest clearings.
33	* OfferingsToTheGods: Making physical offerings to deities.
34	** HumanSacrifice: Killing someone as part of a religious ritual.
35	*** AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: When it's done by throwing the sacrificial victim into a volcano.
36	*** TargetedHumanSacrifice: They can't just grab any random person to kill, they need a specific type of individual for the sacrifice.
37	*** VirginSacrifice: When the victim (usually a young woman or girl) is required to have never had sex before.
38	* RealFakeWedding: Someone attempts to trick someone into marrying them by staging a fake wedding with their intended partner then replacing the fake celebrant with real celebrant.
39	* RejectionRitual: A special ritual for people who are being removed/rejected from a group for something shameful they did.
40	* RibbonCuttingCeremony: A ceremony to celebrate the completion of some edifice.
41	* RiteOfPassage: A special coming-of-age ritual for families.
42	* RitualMagic: Magic performed with specific words, gestures, actions, and offerings at specific places and times.
43	* SecretHandshake: A gesture used between two allies.
44	* {{Seppuku}}: A ritualized suicide as a [[ForgivenessRequiresDeath means of atonement]].
45	* ShamCeremony: A ceremony that turns out to be fake.
46	* StarkNakedSorcery: Magical rituals which need to be performed naked.
47	* SummoningRitual: Using a ritual to summon something.
48	* TestOfPain: Part of a ceremony or ritual involves a test of pain endurance.
49	[[/index]]

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