Abstract

The ritual dimension has always been a constitutive element, not only for religions but also for the civil societies. Even in emergency contexts, in fact, societies throughout history have been able to construct new rituals. This same task was not ignored by global society, even during the Covid-19 pandemic, during which new forms of ritual emerged. Firstly, this contribution aims to bring out the essential nature of the ritual dimension for the human beings. Secondly, through an analysis of the catholic funeral rites, this paper aims to show how ritual, with its words and its symbols, has a very high communicative value in revealing man to himself, and in the final analysis, is an element for reading our time anthropologically.