The Thaipusam kavadi ritual is held in honor of the Hindu god Murugan Source: Photo by Dimitris Xygalatas In the highlands of East Africa, an odd ritual takes place every year. At the end of the ...

A man found a human skull in bucket in the back of a historic Georgia cemetery. An anthropologist says it closely resembles an African ritual.

Their stunning new two-volume book set, “ African Twilight: The Vanishing Rituals and Ceremonies of the African Continent ” (Rizzoli), captures these vivid and fleeting rites.

Long before factories began to make cosmetics, various cultures across the globe had beauty rituals for skincare and haircare. They primarily used natural resources that contained natural active ...