Breakazine 070 : The Shape of Ritual

Many people may be indifferent to old-school rituals, but many people agree that life needs a sense of ritual.

A best-seller will write: "The sense of ritual makes one day different from other days and makes life extraordinary."

But to delve deeper into the sense of ritual, we must first trace the meaning of ritual to people.

Ritual, as the oldest cultural activity of mankind to date, is never limited to individuals, but is of great significance to the entire community and society. It supports the memory, historical changes, order and value of a place and people. I really want to tell my own Hong Kong story, what role can ceremony play?

Breakazine starts with a ritual that everyone encounters in life,

Re-understand the story of a person, a group, and a society.

What is left of the traditional ceremony today?

How did college orientation camp become our rite of passage? Parting is imminent, how should we design our own farewell?

With the two places separated, how can Hong Kong people reconnect with each other? A ceremony, the joys and sorrows along the way are all unspeakable.