In contemporary Western Buddhism, some teachers use prostrations as a practice unto itself, while other teachers relegate prostrations to customary liturgical ritual, ancillary to meditation.

He discarded Christianity, the local plantation folk who originally sponsored him as a pro and the customary rituals of his title, including joining the Army to cheerlead the troops.

The name means "sorcery", referring to a customary ritual of the local Indians.

The finished painting will be 4 feet in diameter and following customary ritual it will be destroyed upon its completion on Sunday.

After this an annual procession became a customary ritual.

On Wednesday, players said the fight began shortly after Shockey was ordered to sing for the veterans, a customary ritual in training camps.

The glamorous couple honeymooned in Mexico, and on their wedding night Odets followed his customary writing ritual: he stayed up all night working on a screenplay.

Tablighi ethic discourages social enmeshments in customary and ceremonial rituals which are usually extravagantly followed in South Asia.

It is customary ritual to put a leaf between cupped hands, and clap the hands with a popping sound, this supposedly serving to bring out the aroma.

Even their customary rituals and rites differ from the other Bidayuhs (all Bidayuhs share almost the same ritual and customary rites).