A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

Neanderthals living just 70 kilometers apart in Israel may have had different food prep customs, according to new research on butchered animal bones. These subtle variations — like how meat was cut ...

Sugar, particularly in rock candy form, represents a long history of global trade and power, and remains a well-loved ...

Religious communities in South-east Asia are reinterpreting rituals to meet the urgency of the climate crisis. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Exploring the parallels between Greek mythology and Indigenous Australian storytelling, this letter examines how both oral ...

In a trend-saturated market, 12 Matcha stands out by grounding its NYC café in ritual and authenticity—turning a great ...

What does love truly mean in Plato’s Symposium? Plato’s poetic and dramatic vision of love still matters for how we understand ourselves and our relationships today.

New research reveals that ancient Easter Island was not isolated but played a key role in spreading ceremonial traditions across Polynesia.

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Archaeologists uncovered an ancient carved wooden mask in Lake Lednica, Poland, offering rare insight into early Slavic ...

A handfasting ceremony is an ancient Celtic and pagan tradition that has become a beautiful ritual that still occurs at Irish weddings. “It’s the binding together of a couple as part of their wedding ...

While the most widely known part of Sebeiba is the dance competition on the last day, the nine days leading up to it are also ...