The article is devoted to the theoretical aspects of the study of political rituals. The essence, specificity and structure of
political traditions are described. Such socio-cultural element as a ritual that penetrate into modern social awareness and play a key
role in the social and political interaction are investigated in the article. The author comes to the conclusion that the tendencies of
mythologization and theatricalization are inherent in modern political communication. The political ritual is an implementation
mechanism of political mythology into the mass consciousness. The ritual is one of the main symbolic tools of politics. The ritual,
serving the function of political socialization, draws the place of the individual within a certain political worldview, determines its
behavior, role and the specific form of its activity.