As the Tao tribe of Taiwan celebrated the ritual launch of a newly carved fishing boat, there is concern nuclear waste could affect their catch.
A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a cemetery in Indiana.
An 18th-century relic found under the streets of Annapolis, Maryland, is one of the earliest examples of African religious rituals in the U.S., according to archaeologists.
... ago. Archaeologists generally agree the vessels were used for some ritual, but there has been great disagreement about the specific use of the vessels. Crown ...
... belief in general. Instead, collective religious ritual appears to facilitate parochial altruism in general ... altruism. The researchers theorize that collective religious rituals and services create a sense of community among ...
Rituals are important worldwide, and they help us move through life's big transitions.
Roman Catholic Church officials in St. John's have told parishioners they shouldn't feel obligated to perform all church rituals as usual if they are concerned about the swine flu.
... hunters show they attached little social ritual or formal rules to sharing meat, Stiner ...
Israeli archaeologists say they have uncovered a ritual bath in Jerusalem that was likely used by Jewish pilgrims coming to the temple two millennia ago.
The launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket Wednesday will be marked by rituals dating back to the pioneering Soviet space missions of the 1960s.
... walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities ...
NEW DELHI, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Villagers of Kanugaon in northeast India marked 25 years without electricity on Sunday with a mock Hindu fire ritual to call attention to their life in darkness.
For 4,500 years in what is now Mexico, decomposing bodies were pulled apart and reburied, according to what may be the first evidence for ritual "double burials."
... have used comparative and molecular phylogenetic methods to study ritualized territorial signals in caterpillars to show that a communication ... of some of the caterpillars -- anal scraping to warn off intruders -- evolved from the ritualization of locomotory and fighting behaviors ...
Artifacts found in ancient Mayan homes reveal rituals of termination and rebirth.
