Dancing wasn't confined to temples or strictly religious rites but was a source of entertainment and expression of joy throughout all of Egypt.

舞蹈并不局限于寺庙或严格的宗教仪式，而是全埃及娱乐和表达喜悦的一种方式。

But devout worshippers never allow inconveniences to prevent them from performing their religious rites, and Hetty this evening was more bent on her peculiar form of worship than usual.

但是虔诚的礼拜者从来不会因为不便而妨碍他们举行宗教仪式，而今晚海蒂比往常更专注于她独特的礼拜形式。

Throughout the day, except in her occasional outbursts of wailing grief, she had been in incessant movement, performing the initial duties to her dead with the awe and exactitude that belong to religious rites.

一整天，除了她偶尔爆发的悲伤哀号外，她一直在不停地运动，以属于宗教仪式的敬畏和严谨履行对死者的最初职责。

At every meal, at home or abroad, he took from his pocket a little gold box from which he extracted a tablet which he swallowed with the reserved air of one performing a religious rite.

每次吃饭时，无论是在国内还是在国外，他都会从口袋里掏出一个小金盒，从中取出一块药片，然后像举行宗教仪式一样矜持地吞了下去。

He promised. 'But now about our public wedding, ' he said. 'Like certain royal personages, we shall have had the religious rite and the civil contract performed on independent occasions. Will you fix the day? When is it to be?

他答应了。 “但是现在关于我们的公开婚礼，”他说。 '像某些皇家人物一样，我们应该在独立的场合执行宗教仪式和民事合同。你会安排一天吗？它是什么时候？

It can be traced through Antonin Artaud's interwar " theatre of cruelty" —which aimed to unsettle viewers with sound and light—to Shakespeare's collusive jokes about mad Englishmen, all the way back to the origins of Greek drama in religious rites.

它可以追溯到两次世界大战之间安东宁·阿尔托的“残酷戏剧” ——旨在用声音和灯光让观众感到不安——到莎士比亚关于疯狂英国人的合谋笑话，一直追溯到希腊戏剧在宗教仪式中的起源。