ritual chanting
Repetitive ceremonial singing
Ritual chanting is the rhythmic, repetitive vocalization of words, phrases, or sounds as part of religious, spiritual, or ceremonial practice.
Monks chant sutras, congregations chant prayers, protesters chant slogans.
The repetition creates a meditative or unifying effect: The ritual chanting continued for hours.
Distinguished from ordinary singing by its formulaic quality and sacred or ceremonial purpose.
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- hymnReligious song of praise
- gregorianNamed for Pope Gregory
prayer · prayer beads · sutra · communal singing · collective voice · shamanic · invocation · beat · om · cadence · voice · trance · call and response · intone · repetition · meditation practice · litany · temple
- indigenous traditionselder council, powwows, totem poles, healing rituals, sweat lodges
- Tibetan BuddhismBuddha, Tibet, Dalai Lama, lama, lamas
- YajurvedaUpanishads, mantras
- Amazonian tribesGuarani, Amazon tribes, rainforest tribes, tribal chiefs, tribal elders
- Midsummermidsummer, summer solstice, midsommar, solstice, longest day
- Sanskrit metersquantitative meter
ritual chantingsilent prayer
Voiceless religious entreaty
ritual chantingsmall talk
Polite trivial conversation
idle talk · casual speech · casual conversation · everyday speech