The book contains proceedings of the online conference conducted on May 12-13 2022 and
organized by the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Allenstein) Poland. The
conference concerned multiple forms of ritual behavior practiced in various cultural
historical and societal contexts including ¿ghost marriage¿ in Taiwan jeroky ñembo'e of the
Paraguayan Guarani rites surrounding the childbirth on Flores Indonesia family-related
rituals in Cameroon Ancient Roman forms of commemoration of departed ancestors Catholic
rituals as a form of ¿disciplining¿ in the colonial context of German Togo. With contributions
by Piotr Adamek Martín Carbajo-Núñez Henryk Gaska Vinsensius Adi Gunawan Louis Mbuyeh Ngeh
Jacek J. Pawlik Maria Piechocka-Klos Darius J. Piwowarczyk Jaroslaw Rózanski Zbigniew
Wesolowski.
