Ritual and anthropology

Ritual is a type of behavior that has a symbolic character, in which religious rituals and practices are reflected and sometimes expressed in the context of customs and traditions in social traditions. The forms of rituals also differ according to religions, beliefs and cultures of peoples, as the culture of each society is what determines the rituals of this society to promote a social phenomenon. Or historical or to establish a legendary event or religious belief, just as rituals work to revive the distant past so that it becomes the present. Most rituals are practiced in religious and magical acts and in practices imposed by customs and traditions. To know the nature of rituals and their interpretations, several trends prevailed, including the historical trend whose works appeared at the hands of some great anthropologists such as Durkheim, Fraser, Smith and others.