How Pure is the Journey? continues Byrne’s cinematic work focusing on the different parts and functions of the ritual. In this film, the transformative act of the ritual is a short closing sequence, instead it is all the preparations leading up to this act that we witness. Two women perform a chain of actions; first, flowers, plants and vegetation are picked. These are then used to dye pieces of fabric. Further on the pieces of fabric are put together and sewn by hand into a larger piece of fabric. A ritual object has been created.

But where does one draw the line for when the ritual begins or ends?