Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Historically Cheemas followed local Peer-E-Tariqat ( The head of a Sufi order ) , and Jathera ( Ancestor worship ) as well as previously , Buddhism .
Simplified: They used to follow local Peer-E-Tariqat ( the head of a Sufi order ) , Jathera ( ancestor worship ) , and before that , Buddhism .