an organized system of beliefs expressed through ritualsthe prescribed order of performing a ceremony or act, especially one characteristic of a particular religion or church; rituals are usually collectivistic behaviors and most often include a specialist overseeing the activity or activities and symbols and concerned with the supernaturala manifestation or event attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature More in some way; the way a societya group of people who are all interdependent and interconnected by their cultural connections; they live in patterned ways and their behaviors in various circumstances are well established; for instance in the Western world most people adhere to lines (cue) at bus stops, or movie theaters, or when checking out at a grocery store; patterned and regular ways of doing things are expected and accepted holds itself together and “sells” its ethics and standards to the next generation – no cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static has ever survived without religionbelief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe; a personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship; a set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader
