Ritual articles
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The breakfast ritual
Many people I know skip breakfast.
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Watching the woodcock mating ritual was a first for me
"This ritual starts in late March and ends in early June. Although much of the mating takes place early in the season, males keep on performing."
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All an outsider needs to know about the strange Aussie two-up ritual
It's a mystery. As a newcomer, all I knew was that I'd go to a pub on Anzac Day (as some Australians do) and there were men - usually men - shouting at each other. Some would put ten dollar bills on their heads and shout, "Heads!" It would clearly need the most skilled anthropologist to decipher this. Forget ancient rituals deep in the jungles of Borneo but this, it seemed, was truly strange. "Ah, that's two-up", Aussies explained as though any British fool would know. "Two-up, mate. Anzac...