France24 reports from the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music - Artists from East and West, from all of the world's main religions, meet every year in the Moroccan spiritual city of Fes to promote understanding... continue reading
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Traditions, customs and local flavor. Everything from street culture to tribes of Amazon.
This is the playlist that should've become a channel when I got my 250, if it weren't for the *Cult :(
France24 reports from the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music - Artists from East and West, from all of the world's main religions, meet every year in the Moroccan spiritual city of Fes to promote understanding... continue reading
posted by gwaanA slightly less than 10-minute video that describes ritual stone structures made by the Native American populations over the centuries, scattered throughout northeastern America. If MarineGunrock or any... continue reading
posted by kronosposeidonTerence McKenna's documentary about going to the Amazon rainforest to paticipate in a hallucinogenic Ayahuasca ritual with two Amazon shamans.
posted by persephoneFrom YouTube Even before absinthe was banned in Europe and the United States, the herbal liqueur had a long history with artists and writers. During the century-long absinthe-ban, the drink reached near-mythical... continue reading
posted by ZonbiePagan people share their views on worshiping - in the nude.
posted by LadyDeathPeyote visions are considered good luck and dispensed to those deemed worthy by the god-spirits. Peyote, the Huicholes believe, opens the mind to a new way of experiencing the world. For centuries they... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000Nudity. Bruce Parry is brilliant - He's seriously hardcore, and will try anything to fit into the culture he is spending time with (and make great tele). In this clip he performs a nervewracking ritual... continue reading
posted by EdenA ritual of passage for a South Korean girl requires dancing barefoot on top of sharp knives.
posted by Issykitty"In the Lambeyeque valley in Northern Peru lies a strange lost world - the forgotten ruins of 250 mysterious pyramids, including some of the biggest on the planet, colossal structures made out of mud bricks. ... continue reading
posted by mauz15A subculture pierces people through skin and suspends them from the ceiling.
posted by LadyDeathStumbled upon this, found it painful to watch, so I thought I'd share it :P
posted by WaterDwellerThis is the 'land diving' (Naghol) ritual of southern Pentecost Island in Vanuatu. With much encouragement from an excited crowd, a young man leaps from the top of a tower in the jungle with vines attached... continue reading
posted by EdenWhen you're a member of the South Pacific Vanuatu, by the time you get to be eight-years-old or so it's high time to prove your masculinity. And what better way to prove you're ready to take on the challenges... continue reading
posted by Kulpims T'dnaFailure. Of. Humanity. Sad or hilarious? Or arranged marriage ahead of schedule? :p
posted by KrupoVia Reuters: Mar 13 - Rare panels showing monsters, gods and serpents in an ancient creation myth are found in El Mirador, the ruined Mayan city in Guatemala.
posted by GratefulmomThis is 'Dance Fever' from 1981 film 'Ellem Emba Mayan' and is awesome on many levels.
posted by dystopianfuturetodayThe History channel documentary on the Mayans, their prophecies and the 2012 "doomsday".
posted by thesnipeWhy did the Maya abandon their magnificent city of Chichen Itza?
posted by IssykittyThe Pyramid of Kukulkan produces an interesting acoustic response to hand clapping that many describe as a bird call.
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