Some ritual.

It's a ritual.

We're losing a ritual.

Finish the ritual, Nightwalker.

And I began my ritual.

A shaman performing a ritual.

It's the African anteater ritual!

There's a procedure, a ritual.

He agreed to the ritual.

I see ceremony, ritual, processions,

O'Mara was performing a ritual.

The guy's hooked on ritual.

It became a habit, a ritual.

Perhaps you can lead the ritual?

None of that lameass empty ritual.

Well you are describing a classic ritual.

Some people dislike the traditional New Year's ritual.

And they did this incredible ritual combat dance.

Look! There's a rhythmic ceremonial ritual coming up.

No one here has ever performed this ritual.

Holy ground is a part of that ritual.

It's our little feeding ritual. Come on, bubba.

The sacred ritual took place after being postponed twice.

A sacred ritual took place in the magnificent temple.

Well, it could be a ritual thing, you know?

Our ritual has ended.... or you will fade away.

Spectator play, ritual play we're involved in some of that.

And based on this, we created a ritual for leaders.

They harrass our Wise Men and desecrate their ritual fires.

And then you do the ritual dances that empower the crosses.

You see it is based on the Hindu ritual of Darshan.

And when my ritual began, this very voluble patient began to quiet down.

I would submit to you that that is a ritual of exceeding importance.

And so he took me through the initiation ritual for a Bamana priest.

Now I think killing himself was part of some sort of magic ritual.

and (finally) those who do not miss their ritual prayers at the prescribed times

And when things got really tough, the ritual of the dinner table worked magic.

So, 500 years after Columbus, these ancient rhythms of landscape are played out in ritual.

We'd prefer that you undertake the ritual willingly. It will stand a better chance of success.

No, this ritual was about the one message that physicians have needed to convey to their patients.

Charles Kibangi and Sandy Ubuki, for recreating the African anteater ritual... here on PBS African Cultural Hour.

I remember so many huge, hollowed out, haunted eyes staring up at me as I performed this ritual.

And they actually take items of clothing and photographs, and they burn them as part of the ritual.

And when you watch bonobo play, you're seeing the very evolutionary roots of human laughter, dance and ritual.

And in that time, she created an alternative ritual, which involved girls coming of age without the cut.