JACINTA Y LOS OSOS
The ritual consisted in faking a suicide: that of my father. He would write a suicide note to himself, while my sister and I helped him tie a rope around the neck of a teddy bear.
We'd leave the door ajar and hide under the sheets when we heard the door open. The effect of story or ritual begins with Mum screaming in fear and we come out from under the covers to surprise her.
Sometimes it's a inflated latex glove that pretends to be Dad's hand, with a blade on the side to show that he's removed his hand. There's always a written note stuck on the door, but I can't read it yet.
My father died when I was 12, and I still remember this game as a kind of premonition or anticipation of his departure.