Police suspect that the crime was a gang 'initiation rite'. [=an act that someone must do in order to officially join a gang]
Incense is often burned in their religious 'rites'.
For many, going to college is a 'rite of passage'.
(..) some sort of ritual item. ( Puffs ) Why is it spewing out fire and brimstone? Yes. The rite of Pandemonium. It-- it's some sort of instructional chart on how to build it. Charles, we must reconstruct it. (..)2009 The Black Waters of Echo's Pond