rites

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Communities practiced cremation, traditional burials, skull only depositions, and complex multi stage burial rites, sometimes within the same settlements.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Some of the rituals Mr. Feiler encounters are conscious modifications of existing rites.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“Fed up with the rites of spring,” Columbia Spectator, March 23, 1987.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Unlike the Hajj, which has fixed dates once a year, the Umrah can be performed at any time and involves a shorter set of religious rites.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

She hadn’t seen her father in four days because of the funeral rites.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh