Two slightly burnt, fat-covered sticks discovered inside an Australian cave are evidence of a healing ritual that was passed down unchanged by more than 500 generations of Indigenous people over the ...
On the day of winter solstice, many Native American communities will hold religious ceremonies or community events. The winter solstice is the day of the year when the Northern Hemisphere has the ...
Ritual sticks, between 11,000 and 12,000 years old, were discovered in Cloggs Cave. David et al., Nature Human Behavior, 2024 The remains of two wooden sticks, partially burned and smeared with fat, ...
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of an Indigenous ritual in Australia that appears to have been practiced continuously for 500 generations—from as far back as 12,000 years ago to the 19th ...
Sacred site of the Wixárika people in Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Jmc.cantero/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA If we were to watch the Sun rise every morning, we ...
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The inhabitants of the Xingu Indigenous Territory have had to adapt their Quarup funeral ceremony to avoid fires and guarantee enough food for all visitors. The climate crisis has left the forests ...
Tank Ball learns about the sacred Green Corn Ceremony practiced by Indigenous communities. Rooted in themes of renewal, gratitude, purification, and communal solidarity, the Green Corn Ceremony unites ...
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