Many activities in traditional festivals have undergone ritualization, losing their original celebratory meaning.

ritualization 是由名词 ritual（仪式）加上后缀 -ize（使...化）变成动词 ritualize，再加上名词后缀 -ation 构成的名词。ritual 指"仪式"，-ize 表示"使...化"，-ation 表示动作或过程。ritualization 指"仪式化的过程或状态"，即"使某事物变成固定仪式的过程"。