tribal rituals
Traditional group rites
Tribal rituals are ceremonies and practices performed by members of a tribe or indigenous community, often marking significant events like birth, coming of age, marriage, or death.
The term can be neutral and anthropological, but it sometimes carries condescending overtones when used by outsiders to describe practices they find primitive or exotic: The consultant dismissed their office traditions as tribal rituals.
Used figuratively for any group's ingrained customs or repeated behaviors.
- funeralsRites for the deceased
- shamanismMediation between worlds
- rain dancesCeremonies to summon precipitation
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- oral historiesRecorded spoken recollections
purification · ancestor veneration · myth retelling · prayer · chanting · spirit possession · animal symbolism · burial customs · divination · sacred smoke · initiation · drumming · vision quests · healing circles · naming ceremonies · offerings · scarification · body paint
- folk traditionsfolk songs, folk dance, folk dances, folk tunes, folklore
- ancient religiongods, goddesses, pantheon, deity, polytheism
- Tribal Spiritualityspirit animal, spirit animals, totem, totem poles, ancestor spirits
- Central African culturesKongo, Congo Basin, Gabon, rainforest tribes, ancestor veneration
- Tupi culturelonghouses, ceremonial dances, warrior culture, featherwork, body painting
- African historyNubia, Dahomey, Oyo Empire, Scramble for Africa, scramble for Africa
tribal ritualsstate religion
Government-backed official faith
world religion · organized religion · universal church · church services
tribal ritualsscientific worldview
Understanding based on empirical evidence