rituals

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The rituals culminate on the 10th day of the month Muharram, which this year falls on June 26.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

As such, the book serves as a buoyant yearbook for the Jazz Age and is alive with the slogans, social rituals, events and scandals that had so recently captivated America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

They may be platforms that organize local services, short trips, lifestyle discovery, gig labor, and small rituals that make urban life feel less isolating.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

One of several gravediggers hard at work at the cemetery tells me that 15 families were currently attending burials - but there is none of the usual crowds, ceremony, singing and other rituals.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

And rituals help too: door locking, tidying up, cleaning teeth, arranging hair, but they are preliminaries to the truly necessary things.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison