sacred chants
Religious vocal prayers
Sacred chants are religious or spiritual songs performed in a repetitive, often monotone manner as part of worship or ritual.
They appear across traditions—Gregorian chant in Catholic liturgy, Hindu mantras, Buddhist sutras, Indigenous ceremonial songs.
The repetition and communal voicing are meant to induce reverence, meditation, or connection with the divine: The monks' sacred chants echoed through the monastery.
- mantrasRepeated sacred utterances
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- call to prayerReligious worship summons
- prayerAddress to deity
- Gregorian chantMonophonic Catholic liturgical music
offerings · incense smoke · rituals · melody · consecration · initiation rites · transcendence · hymn singing · plainchant · call and response · drone · lamentation · antiphon · purification · polyphony · voices · meditation · harmony
- Island MythsMaui, Kane, fire goddess, guardian spirits, trickster tales
- Israeli musichora, folk revival, festival music, Eurovision, cantors
- sacred songspsalm, hymn, hymns, canticle, chant
- shamanismshamans, shaman, spirit guide, medicine man, medicine woman
- tribal traditionstribal customs, tribal councils, tribal dances, tribal tattoos, medicine men
- African worshippraise songs, worship songs, church choirs, gospel choir, church music
sacred chantssecular music
Non-sacred musical works
pop songs · drinking songs · work songs · dance music · club anthems
sacred chantsbawdy songs
Vulgar lyrics set to music
curse words · profanity · mockery · cursing
sacred chantssilly songs
Humorous musical compositions
novelty songs · playground songs · campfire songs · limericks · light entertainment