11.   Hundreds of sheep have been slaughtered in a traditional ritual of thanksgiving, with the meat distributed to the poor of Baghdad.

12.   In a traditional Jewish mourning ritual, demonstrators ripped their shirt collars and read prayers.

13.   It also criticized her for laying baskets of orchids at his tomb and not bowing down to pay her respects in traditional Buddhist ritual.

14.   Jewish settlers ripped their shirt collars Friday in a traditional mourning ritual after Israeli troops handed most of the city to Palestinian control.

15.   Menfolk are required to memaling, literally steal, the women they want to marry in a traditional ritual.

16.   More than a century ago, Reform rabbis of the most liberal major branch of Judaism rejected traditional rituals in conversion as meaningless.

17.   Police stood guard outside a Hindu temple in northern Malaysia Friday as thousands of devotees prayed, leaving out a traditional ritual that was canceled after threats of violence.

18.   Rabbis from the most liberal major branch of Judaism voted Wednesday to recommend converts undergo traditional rituals that were rejected by the movement as meaningless a century ago.

19.   Simple traditional rituals remain powerful.

20.   Some protesters killed chickens in front of the presidential palace in Manila in a traditional ritual to drive away evil spirits.