Ceremonies

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial, entombment or cremation with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour. Customs vary between cultures and religious groups. Funerals have both normative and legal components. Common secular motivations for funerals include mourning the deceased, celebrating their life, and offering support and sympathy to the bereaved; a

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thumb|150px|Ceremonial at court during Prinsjesdag A ceremony (, ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.

ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another

A graduation is the awarding of a diploma by an educational institution. It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it, which can also be called commencement, congregation, convocation or invocation. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day. Graduates can be referred to by their year of graduation.

Investiture (from the Latin preposition in and verb vestire, "dress" from vestis "robe") is a formal installation ceremony that a person undergoes, often to mark or celebrate their taking up membership in—or leadership of—a Christian religious institute, an order of chivalry (which may include knighthoods, damehoods, or other honours), or a governmental leadership role or office.

thumb|250px|A ceremonial cornerstone from 1907, at the side of a building in Lasówka, Poland A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.

prenatal celebration

builders' rite regarding the last beam of a structure being placed during construction - sometimes the beam is signed by the workers

A procession is an organized body of people walking in a formal or ceremonial manner. A procession may be arranged for a variety of purposes, including to advertise something, signal a change in government, display a group's power, show solidarity for a cause, mark the beginning or end of an event such as a wedding or funeral, entertain a crowd, or practice a religion. Processions have been an aspect of celebrations and ceremonies since ancient times, and they are practiced in some form throughout all cultures. They often involve a mode of transport, such as a carriage or a car; music or vocal

method of burial

medieval oath of allegiance

official opening of a building or event

thumb|200px|The Stentoften Stone, bearing a runic inscription that likely describes a of nine bucks and nine stallions bringing fertility to the land. ' (Old Norse and Old English) or ' (Old English) are religious ceremonies in Germanic paganism that centred on the killing and offering of an animal to a particular being, typically followed by the communal cooking and eating of its meat. Old Norse sources present it as a central ritual in Old Nordic religion that was intimately connected with many wider aspects of life. Large are often described as taking place in halls, organised by the rulers

rites of passage described in ancient Sanskrit texts

thumb|Groundbreaking ceremony for Hunts Point Cooperative Market in [[New York City, 1962]] Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod, turf-cutting, or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. Such ceremonies are often attended by dignitaries such as politicians and businesspeople.

thumb|400px|Egyptian Drachm of Antoninus Pius (dated year 2 of his reign or 139 AD) showing his portrait and [[Tyche holding a rudder while reclining on couch for lectisternium (35 mm, 25.45 g)]]

British and Commonwealth bugle call

ceremony of an emperor's formal arrival at a city

fetal sex reveal event

1920 and 1945 ceremonies giving back access to the Baltic Sea for Poland

type of military unit charged with the protection of regimental colors and the national flag

ornamental staff to show authority rather than as an actual weapon

relatively new ritual in some medical schools and pharmacy schools

thumb | right | alt=churinga | churinga A tjurunga, also spelt churinga and tjuringa, is an object considered to be of religious significance by Central Australian Aboriginal people of the Arrernte (Aranda, Arunta) groups. The word derives from the Arrernte word Tywerenge which means sacred or precious. Tjurunga often had a wide and indeterminate native significance. They may be used variously in sacred ceremonies, as bullroarers, in sacred ground paintings, in ceremonial poles, in ceremonial headgear, in sacred chants and in sacred earth mounds.

musical display of armed forces

weapon used primarily for ceremonial purposes to display power or authority

releasing gas-filled balloons into the air

shan Theravada Buddhist novitiation ceremony

buddhist rites after a person's death

event with a special significance in certain cultures and religions

event and/or television programming genre based on the presentation of an award

thumb|East Timor's ambassador (left) accepts the during a .|upright=1.5 A ' ( ; ), also known as a () or ' () in some dialects, is a formal Māori welcoming ceremony onto a , involving speeches, cultural performance, singing and finally the . The term also refers specifically to an action chant of welcome that is sometimes performed as part of the general .

clapping in Shinto

military ceremony of the People's Liberation Army

service of the Church that accompanies a deceased person and his entourage

last rites in Sikhism

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