This article discusses the role of ritual in conflict transformation studies. It discusses the dimensions of conflict-material/rational and social/relational, and the types of ritual: formal/informal, traditional/improvised, cosmological notions of the universe/general worldview. The article then discusses the definition and function of a ritual as "a contextual frame which links people together in symbolic actions which communicate a transforming message." The functions of a ritual include: framing, linking, communicating, symbolizing, acting and transforming the field of conflict studies.