Religious rites and marriage - SS1 English Lesson Note

Culture: The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

Religion: A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

Marriage: The legally or socially sanctioned union of a man and a woman as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions today, a union also recognized by religious law) that creates kinship.

Rite: A formal or customary religious ceremony, especially one marking a particular stage in a person's life or a significant event in the life of a community.

Burial: The act of putting a dead body in the ground or in a tomb.