Costly-signaling theory suggests that such rituals might serve as public and hard to fake signals that an individual's commitment to the group is sincere.

Last week, he said "a ritual falling on swords" would not "serve any useful purpose."

The rituals of April Fool's Day serve this purpose.

The ritual serves as a social event for followers of Mazu in different regions.

For the Rikbaktsa, music, rituals, and traditional dress have served as a unifying element in the face of contact with the outside world.

Yet the rituals and demigods serve too often to cover up fundamental inadequacies in the ideology.

Funerary rituals served to re-integrate these different aspects of being.

I thought it would help her gain her own ritual for her serve.

Furthermore, Burkert argues that myth and ritual together serve a "socializing function."

These rituals of democracy serve to elevate the president and put him above politics.