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  2. Master of ceremonies - Wikipedia

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    A master of ceremonies, abbreviated MC or emcee, is the official host of a ceremony, staged event, conference, convention, or similar performance.. The term is earliest documented in the Catholic Church since the 5th century, where the master of ceremonies is an official of the Papal Court responsible for the proper and smooth conduct of the elaborate rituals involving the pope and the sacred ...

  3. Prana pratishtha - Wikipedia

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    Prana pratishtha (IAST: prāṇa pratiṣṭhā) is the rite or ceremony by which a murti (devotional image of a deity) is consecrated in a Hindu temple.The Sanskrit terms prana means "life" and pratishtha means "to be established."

  4. Timeline of changes to temple ceremonies in the Church of ...

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    This document became the standard for the ceremony thereafter. [7]: 110 1877 – Young began including the Adam–God doctrine (the belief that Adam is God) in a new "lecture at the veil" during the endowment ceremony. [32]: 32–34 [7]: 100–113 1877 – The first endowments for the dead were performed. [7]: 108

  5. Ordination - Wikipedia

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    Ordination of a Catholic deacon, 1520 AD: the bishop bestows vestments.. Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. [1]

  6. Bharatanatyam - Wikipedia

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    Bharatanatyan Student with Guru in Arangetram Ceremony [76] A Bharatanatyam arangetram is a solo debut performance that signifies the completion of initial formal training of a young dancer, female or male in Indian classical dance.

  7. Samskara (rite of passage) - Wikipedia

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    The ceremony included gift giving such as to the barber and the teacher at his school. [85] The coming of age ceremony ended with the student reciting his vow of chastity and the code of Brahmacharya. [85] Ritusuddhi, also called as Ritu Kala Samskara, is the corresponding coming of age ceremony for girls, after menarche or first menstruation.

  8. Was the Six Triple Eight Real? All About the History-Making ...

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    Kerry Washington portrays Lt. Col. Charity Adams in the Netflix film. The real-life leader was born in Kittrell, N.C., on Dec. 5, 1918, and raised in Columbia, S.C.

  9. Endowment (Mormonism) - Wikipedia

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    The celestial room in temples like the Salt Lake Temple shown here represents the highest level of heaven in LDS theology, and is reached after passing the testing portion of the endowment ceremony. In Mormonism, the endowment is a two-part ordinance (ceremony) designed for participants to become kings, queens, priests, and priestesses in the ...