1.   After all, these islands have been steeped for centuries in everything from witchcraft to ancestor worship.

2.   Pre-Columbian ancestor worship finds expression in prayers to the saints.

3.   The sacred, the past, ancestor worship seem to be the chosen grounds in most cases.

4.   There is no clearer case of ancestor worship in the Western world.

5.   And why should Chinese ancestor worship appeal to government ministers.

6.   No no, he answered, this is Maoist ancestor worship, just the Tory variety.

7.   Another difference between him and many Americans, he said, is ancestor worship.

8.   Earlier this month, he was ordained again, as a priest in Orisa, an African-based religion that emphasizes ancestor worship.

9.   Finding the happy news in their current situation, though, takes more than blind optimism, alcohol-fortified loyalty or obstinate ancestor worship.

10.   Her books, she says, are her personal form of ancestor worship.