Add spaces: Inthebushsimilarriteswereperformed.Butmoresinisterritualsassociatedwiththereligiousspheresuchasharmfulwitchcraftalsotookplacethere,awayfromtheeyesofothers.
In the bush similar rites were performed. But more sinister rituals associated with the religious sphere such as harmful witchcraft also took place there, away from the eyes of others.