11.   Even at the doll-burning in Tokyo, small changes infuse the ancient ritual.

12.   Following ancient ritual, she prayed before objects and fanned smoke from a small pot to carry the prayers to the sky.

13.   For observers, this was a rare glimpse of ancient ritual in a world that sometimes seems intent on discarding the past.

14.   If her work so far is an indication, Bergman will rally an increasing number of women with modern versions of ancient rituals.

15.   In earlier works she often posed as a cyborg doll, enacting ancient Japanese rituals amid sterile urban surroundings.

16.   In Lowell, Mass., people lined the streets of an old city engaged in an ancient ritual.

17.   It was an ancient ritual.

18.   Just when the press has caught on to the ancient ritual of domestic abuse, another practice from the Machozoic Age has been unearthed on the sports page.

19.   New artists continue to explore the meaning of Quetzalcoatl, and the Maya in southern Mexico still perform ancient rituals celebrating him.

20.   Over the centuries, some customs associated with the ancient Celtic rituals endured in Britain.