recently worked with filmmaker Aidan Un to craft a documentary film about Tibetan ritual dances and the context of their performance. In particular, the focus was on a series of ritual dances ...

Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special place in the country’s culture. The post In South Korea, shamans are shunned — ...

This mask was made by the Tuscan people and used in ritual dance to symbolise antagonism towards enemies. The mask was collected by Borys Malkin, anthropologist and film maker, who died last year ...

A boy would return from his vision quest knowing what his role in the community would be: hunter, shaman ... the sun through the Sun Dance -- an intense ritual that could last for ten days.

Of particular interest is the example of an Evenki shaman's dwelling and ritual space including, galleries of wood carvings depicting spiritual animals, birds and fish. A shaman's tent is a conical ...