They were used in religious rituals for thousands of years.

它们在宗教仪式中使用了数千年。

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For another, the role model for this repetition is found in the repeatability of religious rituals, which is the foundation for the emergence of all subsequent medial reproduction technologies.

另一方面，这种重复的行为榜样体现在宗教仪式的可重复性，这种可重复性也是所有衍生的媒体复制技术的基础。

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Most people have a modern house elsewhere on the reservation, and so the time spent living in the Pueblo is for intense religious rituals, for learning how to live in the traditional ways, to become selfsufficient.

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Relied on by generations of Indians for tilling fields, dairy products and dung fuel, the cow is regarded by Hindus as gau mata, or maternal figure, and has had a long-standing central role in India's religious rituals.

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The job of a military chaplain serving in a war zone goes well beyond conducting religious rituals and offering spiritual counseling.

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