Ensor's parade may well reflect the tradition of religious processionals, including the bawdy rites of Mardi Gras, and the more secular, nationalist pageantry of "Joyous Entry" paintings that for centuries had commemorated the triumphant return of militia or monarchs to their capital cities.
Then over coffee, they might discuss the future of Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's trusted aide who has had the difficult task of escorting his old pope into retirement and then returning to the Vatican to serve his successor in the initial rites of the office.
In the advertising world, the rites of spring cleaning can also be applied to the creative process to give us a fresh perspective.
John Paul once compared the Western and Eastern Rites of the Church to left and right lungs and that for the Church to thrive it must breathe with both.
However, since there remains in some of us a dim, almost vestigial, memory of the ancient, sacred rites of journalism, I knew I needed to forgo Tweezer and Facepick and reach for a telephone.
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The company's yet to be released first production, The Last Rites of Ransom Pride, staring Scott Speedman and Jason Priestley, was produced with the help of fans on Facebook and YouTube who gave feedback on raw footage that helped shape the final edit.
If their identity is confirmed, Leicester Cathedral said it would work with the Royal Household, and with the Richard III Society, to ensure the remains were treated with dignity and respect and reburied with the appropriate rites and ceremonies of the church.
Whisking eggs, slicing onions, buttering toast there's an optimistic rhythm to the rites of breakfast.
The rites of Passover, and the traditions of Easter, have been marked by people in every corner of the planet for thousands of years.
There's nothing new about any of this -- the wild party is firmly entrenched in youths' rites of passage in the movies and in high school lore across the land.
Others believe the urns were used as distilling vessels during the early stages of funeral rites.
The beach for most Australians is not just a place to cool off on a hot day, it is a place for the tentative dips of the toes in the shallows of early childhood and a place where teenage rites of passage played out.
Its legislative system comprises a body of principles, procedures and rites that govern the social and spiritual conduct of the community.
Libyan society is already conservative and tradition-bound, they note, as well as religiously uniform, observing just one of the four accepted Sunni rites.
As at last the 20th century begins to turn, perhaps we shall see Asia mark these last rites of passage by ringing out the new, for a change, and ringing in the old.
As for the old, they had rites of their own and did not need to wait for evening.
At the same time Wall Street summoned the priest to give last rites to Pfizer, which was suffering the loss of major patents and had what appeared to be a much weaker pipeline.
Many tribes engage in magical rites and believe that the spirits of their ancestors surround them.
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The idea that we should be reading the last rites for the City and the UK's financial services industry, because of new constraints on how and what top bankers are paid, doesn't seem quite right in the context of the announcement today by JP Morgan of substantial new investments in London.
Even if the grief is not fresh, the rites and rituals that once brought such delight now awaken the ache of loss.
The rites held at Chilmeoridang in the village of Gun-rip are representative of similar ceremonies held throughout the island of Jeju in the Republic of Korea.
These traditions and practices constitute their codes of ethics and governance systems, and include prayers, oath-taking, burial rites and charms, naming of the newly born, initiations, reconciliation, marriages and coronations.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband told Adam Boulton on Sky there were only a few "rites of passage" needed before the Lisbon Treaty came into force and accused Mr Cameron of "dithering" because he did not "want to take on the euro extremists" in his party.
"I fully respect that many Hindu-origin people will prefer the speed and convenience of crematoria but for practicing Hindus like me, receiving last rites is quite literally a matter of life and death, " he said.
This Rites of Life open-air exhibition depicts people at some of the most emotional moments of their lives.
These sorts of conspicuous celebrations of consumption often seem less like life-altering rites, and more like the ultimate consumer experience.
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Indeed, as the culture wars flare again, the opposing sides have taken up their usual positions, like medieval armies in observance of ancient rites.
"It's one of our last tribal rites, " says Gerald Nash, whose firm Sigma Design created the digital theater layout for the Titan A.E. showing in Atlanta.
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