Tu B'Av does not have many established religious rituals associated with its celebration.
The established ritual is first to cover yourself with black mud, which opens up the pores, cleanses and softens the skin.
For Mr. Shimane, the 31-year-old bridegroom, a foreign wedding or any other divergence from the established ritual was out of the question.
Following old established ritual, Dee asked, "Do you have to go?
The insults had the ring of an established ritual, so I didn't butt in.
Beatings at Weltevreden followed an established ritual.
Yet upon confronting an organized Rabbinic community, he was not equally impressed by the established ritual and religious doctrine of Rabbinical Judaism, such as the Oral Law.
"Everything points to a group with an established and elaborate ritual to complete."
This may, of course, have been in accordance with the established ritual of her church; but, all the same, my heart was sore.