For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ...

On their own, they taste a little flat, but alcohol-free liquors add to the mix of a better mocktail. They're growing in ...

Shamanic Extraction is a ritual designed to identify and remove these harmful energies.” While identifying the dark spirits or negative energies, Shamans use a combination of intuition ...

These rituals facilitate the shaman’s interaction with the spirit world—like the trance I had just witnessed—as well as dictate the methods used in paying respect to the spirits. Shamans ...

Ultimately, this ritual serves as a powerful way for the ... This bizarre custom is believed to ward off evil spirits and bad ...

A FAMILY in Klang has carried out a ritual to “bring back” the spirits of three family members who had drowned in Singapore 11 years ago, reported China Press. The ritual was carried out after ...

The ritual system is conducted to express gratitude to the spirits, ensuring harmony among community members and the human, natural and spiritual worlds. Rituals including dancing on an elevated ...