JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — The bellowing of a bull before a ritual slaughter is a joyous sign to many South Africans that their ancestors have accepted the animal’s sacrifice. But to others, it is ...

I’ve written about and performed the well-known and beloved African-American wedding ritual of ‘jumping the broom.’ Just to recap, it comes from the time when slaves, who were not allowed to marry, ...

Exhibition review of African twilight: vanishing rituals and ceremonies of the African continent in Art times (Cape Town) November 2018, pages 50-58. AFA volumes 1 and 2 are gifts from Carol Beckwith.

The scent of burning copal filled the air as Aztec dancers, bedecked in feathered headdresses and wearing shell-embellished ankle cuffs, blessed an intersection bordering Little Village and North ...

HAMPTON — Under a red sun, seagulls’ calls and the scent of burning sage wafted past foamy waves breaking on the warm Buckroe Beach sand just after dawn Friday. Occasionally echoed by music from a ...

Rituals and ceremonies are important parts of marking the changes and transitions in your life. Purposefully creating a space to mark the passing of time is a helpful way to mentally leave and let go ...