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===Water rites===
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A water rite is a rite or [[ceremony|ceremonial]] custom that uses [[water]] as its central feature. Typically, a person is immersed or bathed as a symbol of [[religious indoctrination]] or [[ritual purification]]. Examples include the [[Mikveh]] in [[Judaism]], a custom of purification; [[misogi]] in [[Shinto]], a custom of spiritual and bodily purification involving bathing in a sacred waterfall, river, or lake; the [[Islam|Muslim]] ritual ablution or [[Wudu]] before prayer; [[baptism]] in [[Christianity]], a custom and [[sacrament]] that represents both purification and initiation into the religious community (the [[Christian Church]]); and [[Amrit Sanskar]] in [[Sikhism]], a rite of passage ([[Sanskar#Sankars in Sikhism|sanskar]]) that similarly represents purification and initiation into the religious community (the [[khalsa]]). Rites that use water are not considered water rites if it is not their central feature. For example, having water to drink during or after ritual is common, but does not make that ritual a water ritual unless the drinking of water is a central activity such as in the [[Church of All Worlds]] waterkin rite.