In Zitlala, Guerrero, residents in jaguar costumes engage yearly in an ancient battle with rope whips in exchange for rain ...

A steady rain pats our faces as we look up at the display ... not just physically but spiritually, by praying and performing sacred rituals at secret locations on the reservation. Hunting a 30- to ...

The ceremony also featured a ­traditional dance performed at the square. This ancient ritual dance ­depicted ... devotees braved the rain to honor Mazu on Saturday evening.

In 1996, he established Oakland Khmer Angkor Dance, a traditional dance troupe for youth. He continued visiting Stockton and met his wife Neary by a sapling while dancing in the rain in the temple ...

5. Prayer and Rituals: Before and during the dance, rituals and blessings are performed to invoke the spirits and express gratitude. Elders play a key role in guiding the ceremonies. Shad Suk ...

Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday on Sunday, but in the wake of a devastating earthquake last month, Myanmar is missing out on the ...

You go there with your corn pollen to pray to the Holy Beings ... but the journey was also a ritual designed to ensure fertility and rain. The most vivid published account of the pilgrimage ...

This truly amazing and the most unbelievable miracle occurred almost three and half decades ago in the holy abode of Lord Sri Venkateswara of the Tirumala Tirupati temple located on a hill top in the ...

Although many spiritual practices address the body-heart-mind-spirit continuum, dancing is one of the few that includes all ...

And followed, we hope, by two days of rain." The New York Yankees of 2025 wish that's where they were right now. As it stands, the Yankees are looking at Max Fried and praying for a monsoon.

Many worshippers said the prayer had special meaning this year, given the ongoing war, which has stretched on for more than ...