It has also been with the Benin people since ancient times when villagers usually come to Benin City, especially during the ...

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II (CFR), on Friday, returned the Igue traditional wrestling competition after eight years on the ...

Haloa, the ancient Greek women-only festival was a time for women to join together in a feast where food, abundant wine, shouting of dirty jokes and waving giant phalluses was encouraged . Photo 480 ...

From wolfing down too many mooncakes to rounding up your entire family to marvel at the full moon, there are certain traditions without which the Mid-Autumn Festival simply wouldn’t be the same.

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...

Another Hole in the Head Genre Film Festival, US - December 1-25 ...

Here is a list of festivals, events and auspicious timings. Click on the links below to know more about each festival/event and get information about when, why and how these are celebrated.

What do we know now about this abandoned ancient enclave? A Buddhist temple at Dandan-Oilik was first excavated by Marc Aurel Stein in 1900. It consists of a central cella nested in a larger ...

In my piece of last week, I made a tangential reference to the place of African magic in modern matters. It was in the ...

For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates ...