Processions of priests, musicians and other persons related to the cult appear
in many representations. Priests carried libation vessels (as in a
stone relief of Knossos). The processions would head to a temple, or some other sacred area,
where they were received by the goddess, as is shown on the pathway
of the Procession fresco, on which young clergy staff
are carrying precious vases and rhyta. Some of the procession members did not carry gifts
but prayed raising their hands. Among the members of the procession are some figures
with long dresses, probably musicians, and a priestess impersonating the goddess.
Regular religious processions were
an opportunity for exhibiting precious sacred vessels, which were accessible
only to the priests, to the crowd. The procession was therefore a combination of dedication to the
deity and a demonstration of prestige. 
These
processions often included the procession of a wooden statue of the goddess
or of a person impersonating her. The carrying of a wooden statue of the
goddesses from one temple to another and from one town to another was
a religious custom also known from Egypt. This procedure represented the
visitation of the deity. Religious processions probably followed the special
processional pathways of the palaces which were on a higher level.
According to Egyptian representations, the procession of wooden statues
took place at sea also. Sometimes the palanquin of the goddess had the shape of a ship.
This motif is similar to the representation of the sun god on cylinder seals of
Mesopotamia. On a golden seal ring from Mochlos, the goddess appears on
a sea journey, while a tree is discernible on the ship. It is the sacred tree
symbolizing the coming of spring and the withering of the previous season's vegetation.
The so-called 'ring of Minos' depicts
a coastal sanctuary and islets with sacred trees and the goddess
rowing on a boat between them.
There is a correlation between the shapes and symbols. The abduction scenes
and the sea journeys are a common iconographic theme in Cretan-Mycenaean seal rings which
suggest the existence of mythological cycles.
Some cult processions are associated with an agricultural cult. Such a procession is depicted on the rhyton of Agia Triada, consisting of harvesters walking in pairs accompanied by sistrum music. It is almost certain that the music accompanied a hymn to the goddess and that the ceremony served to bless the crop.