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Welcome to the forum from the BBC.
Well, service with me, Rajan Datta.
Today we're talking about rituals from private ones to the very public.
From the coronation of a British monarch.
Her Majesty returns the orb and the.
Archbishop now places a pond the fourth.
Finger of her right hand, the ring.
This is often called the wedding ring of England, to a football match.
To.
A funeral rite in Bali.
Rituals seem to permeate our lives, so many of us engage in them.
Now, what's interesting about rituals is that they're not usually designed to provide a practical outcome and they often have very little legal value.