We could say that grocery shopping is ritualized hunting ... It is 'gathering' the other main component of 'hunting and gathering'. ... or that a piñata is an

We could say that grocery shopping is ritualized hunting ... It is 'gathering' the other main component of 'hunting and gathering'. ... or that a piñata is an encouragement of ritualized torture. It may amuse you to know that I did actually look into that. However, the piñata's origins seem relatively innocuous.