1.   One group of speculators thus thwarted overcome the ban by staging an elaborate funeral, complete with coffin and mourners.

2.   And what inspired the men of the Dogon culture of West Africa first to try to dance away the tribal pain of death in their elaborate funerals?

3.   As a traditional chief of the Ibos, Azikiwe is expected to have an elaborate funeral guided by ancestral customs.

4.   Rituals of public mourning have always been important in the United States, going back to the elaborate funerals of the Puritans.

5.   She gave her goldfish and pet birds elaborate funerals, with music and tiny coffins.

6.   The mutely lit museum showcases tiny smoking pipes carved out of stone, bowls with haunting faces, and elaborate funeral urns.

7.   The recovery crew members who pulled the tiny corpse from the waves were so moved that they paid for an elaborate funeral and served as pallbearers.

8.   As bodies piled up in makeshift morgues, relatives were distraught that they could not make the usual elaborate funeral observances.

9.   The body of the late President Cheddi Jagan was being flown from Washington to Guyana Friday, where preparations were being made for an elaborate state funeral program.

10.   Health workers were battling the deadly Ebola virus Monday by convincing people here to forego elaborate funeral ceremonies and warning residents not to touch victims of the disease.