In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish ...
Rituals can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect people to something bigger. Rituals aren’t meaningless actions. They can mark time and space, create new identities, and connect ...
Most of us take part in rituals in our close relationships without much reflection. Routines and traditions include holidays, weddings, weekly dinners, graduations, reunions, movie nights, and other ...
Among the many things COVID-19 has turned upside down are human rituals, from everyday rituals like shaking hands to profound ones such as weddings and funerals. The disruption made our rituals and ...