It flouts a sacred rite.

Instead of enacting a sacred rite, celebrating love, guiding young people into their new shared life, he feels like a bit-part in a reality show.

They are also notably bound by their common procedures, which have become a sacred rite in the absence of a common administrative culture.

We see the stressful reality behind the world's most sacred rites as people try to ensure centuriesold traditions go of fwithout a hitch.

Mention was made of sacred rites, groves and alters which, they argued, should be taken into account and respected.