1.   Before leaving for Cozumel, the Maya probably engaged in purification rituals in the mysterious limestone caverns that cover an underground river system at Xcaret.

2.   A bad harvest or unexplained death may mean the gods are angry, so Shinto priests are often summoned to conduct purification rituals.

3.   A Tibetan Buddhist monk using incense and a prayer scarf, or katag, in a purification ritual at the stupa.

4.   Akebono, the massive grand champion sumo wrestler, then entered the stadium to perform a purification ritual.

5.   Garrow says some holes may have been used for primitive steam baths in purification rituals.

6.   Rumor has it that the bank did not show decent respect to its spiritual neighbor, and was too mean to pay for proper Shinto purification rituals.

7.   Spectators crowded a narrow space between buildings as dancers splashed about on a platform covered with water, as if in a purification ritual.

8.   According to Jewish tradition, stone did not have to undergo special purification rituals for use in the Temple.

9.   Bowing to such concerns, Koizumi did not undergo traditional Shinto purification rituals at the altar.

10.   Dancelike moves and salt-throwing, a purification ritual, are also integral to the sport.