Shamanic ritual on Jeju Island This photo taken on March 13, 2025, shows a shamanic ritual, "Yeongdeungsongbyeolje," being staged at Chilmeoridang Shrine in the city of Jeju on South Korea's largest ...

I decided that it might be very interesting to go to the archeological site mentioned in the newspaper article, and try to ...

Sue said she had been invited over to her friend's house and she had organised for an American Shaman to join them to 'perform a ritual'. The former Bake Off host said the group got into the hot ...

I will never forget Paja's nervousness as he was preparing for his first shamanic ritual in America, hoping he could reunite with his ancestral spirits. It was so moving to be in the presence of a ...

Swathed in virginal white smocks, they conduct their rituals at Muslim holy sites, and every ceremony includes extensive prayers from the Koran. In Siberia and Mongolia, shamanism has merged with ...

Mongolian shamanism includes religious beliefs and practises of shamans who enter trances to communicate with deities and spiritual beings who then possess the shaman's body. Shamans wear costumes and ...

“We connected immediately,” recalls Hale, “Minyoung shared with me her deep knowledge of shaman ritual drumming styles and traditional rhythms. I shared with her the rhythms of my communities in ...

Of particular interest is the example of an Evenki shaman's dwelling and ritual space including, galleries of wood carvings depicting spiritual animals, birds and fish. A shaman's tent is a conical ...

A few presidents ago, I was quite upset about U.S. involvement in a war. I read in the local paper that the president had gone to Guatemala, and he was taken to visit an ancient Maya archeological ...