A judge ruled that those involved had acted without free will, driven by an irresistible natural force of ancestral tradition.

He was buried along with his horses, in accordance with ancestral tradition.

Not only do they consider it an ancestral tradition, but also it carries a social importance in their current day society.

After secondary school, he briefly attended the seminary and entertained the idea of a possible entry into the priesthood, per ancestral tradition, but reneged on his obligation shortly thereafter.

Development, when real and successful, always comes from the modernization of ancestral traditions, anchored in the rich cultural expressions of a people.