FARGO - The dance hall near the Porcupine River on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation stirred with activity as preparations were made for a ritual that the tribes had last celebrated on the evening ...

For the Malagasy community in Madagascar, practising famadihana (dancing with the dead) is an expression of love, respect, and honour for their ancestors ...

When a big chief dies on the Xingu indigenous reservation, its tribes gather for a unique funeral ritual called the Kuarup. Wearing body paint and bird feathers, they join in ceremonial dances, combat ...

Understand that these body modifications were done even before you were born. The tribes of Papua New Guinea’s Tufi region don’t mess around when it comes to body ink. Though Scarification is done all ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Indigenous communities and tribes are a big part of New Mexico’s rich culture and history that has seen its twists and turns, especially during the Spanish colonial period. Now, ...

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil, Oct 20 (Reuters) - When a big chief dies on the Xingu indigenous reservation, its tribes gather for a unique funeral ritual called the Kuarup. Wearing body paint and ...