In the quiet corners of India, far from the noise of cities and the glare of modernity, lie villages where time appears to ...

The Manipuri community in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar celebrated the ancient Lai-Haraoba festival, a vibrant cultural ...

The Sun Dance is not a tourist event ... rebalancing with nature. Song and ritual are very important in the ceremony. Songs help the Arapaho receive the emotional, physical, and intellectual ...

Mudiyettu is a ritual dance drama from Kerala based on the mythological tale of a battle between the goddess Kali and the demon Darika. It is a community ritual in which the entire village ...

In Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, three have been suspended, including “kagura” sacred Shinto music and dancing, and a ritual dance by a performer wearing a lion mask. “We cannot stage ...

In the past, the mere sight of members of the group performing the Gule Wamkulu ritual dance would have sent shivers down the spine of many outsiders. But on this night dozens of people ...

Performed in the Olt region of southern Romania, the Calus ritual dance also formed part of the cultural heritage of the Vlachs of Bulgaria and Serbia. Although the oldest documented music used in ...