I agree, although to be fair magical thinking was often the only explanation people had for why things happened. It is inexplicable now because we have much be

I agree, although to be fair magical thinking was often the only explanation people had for why things happened. It is inexplicable now because we have much better explanations. So an element of ceremony may have been mixed into other things like fun. And we still hold onto things like that which have an element of pleasure or fun whilst having some other abstract ideas. Just look at Easter or Christmas.