Ritualcide
Ritualcide is the systematic destruction or alteration of traditional ritual practices and their sequencing across five ritual domains akin to most cultures (birth, illness, courtship, marriage and death, which include ancestor obligations). Rituals have a prescribed form, source, and sequence that include sacred objects, places, times and seasons, music, dance, texts, songs and words, and mediators (such as monks, spirit mediums, and traditional healers and nature-infused sources, such as trees, birds, water and so on). Ritualcide primes genocide. In particular, when regimes tamper with collective tradition, inhabitants become vulnerable and/or susceptible to spirit-based harm. As Indigenous people loose access to sources of spirit protection, their angst increases and compliance may increase due to fear of animist harm.