Rites and festivals are also seen in the world religion such as Christianity, Buddhism and so on, but, from the viewpoint of greatly depending on ceremonies and conventions rather than creeds, it is possible to say that the element of matsuri was especially pronounced in the racial religion.
キリスト教・仏教などの世界宗教にも祭礼がみられるが、教義より儀式・慣習によるところが大きい点で祭の要素は本質的に民族宗教に顕著であるともいえる。