1.   After an elaborate ritual, the boys are formally accepted into the tribe.

2.   The elaborate rituals surrounding the preparation of the icon are not without purpose or effect.

3.   There are elaborate rituals of atonement to be found there.

4.   In an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants.

5.   An elder shaman who visited the Northwest until his death earlier this year would perform an elaborate ritual before relieving himself in the forest.

6.   And so elaborate rituals have evolved for his golfing excursions.

7.   Before the holiday even starts, for instance, observant Jews embark on an elaborate ritual of cleaning their homes and ridding their kitchens of bread and similar foods.

8.   All are believed to have been agricultural societies with elaborate rituals of divination and sacrifice.

9.   All societies have elaborate eating rituals, she said.

10.   Confucius taught the importance of social decorum, elaborate ritual and respect for elders and state authority.