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Health 5 years ago

Ancient traditional healing rituals go digital in virus-hit S.Africa

Incense burned gently in the corner of a sunlit room as South African traditional healer Makhosi Malatji fixed her smartphone into a tripod and reached for a small bag of divination bones.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

The earliest known human burial discovered in Africa

The sunken pit, in a cave complex along the coast of Kenya, was bereft of ornaments, offerings or ochre-coloured clay carvings found in the region's more recent Stone Age graves, they detailed in the journal Nature.

World 5 years ago

Hundreds test positive for Covid-19 at India religious festival

The virus was detected in more than 1,000 people in just 48 hours in the city of Haridwar, which lies along the holy river where the Kumbh Mela is being observed, officials said.

Editorial 5 years ago

A silent Ramadan

The Ramadan fasting month is a time of the year when Muslims can splurge, when they can spend excessively to have the best and most extravagant meals to break the fast.

Art & Culture 5 years ago

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy plunge in Ganges

Hindu ascetics known as Naga sadhus, many naked apart from a coating of ash and carrying swords or tridents, led the bathers at the Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, in the northern town of Haridwar.

National 6 years ago

Bali's open-air burials endure despite COVID-19 crisis

For centuries Bali's Trunyanese people have left their dead to decompose in the open, the bodies placed in bamboo cages until only the skeletons remain.

World 6 years ago

With bird sacrifices and chants, Cuba's Santeria seek protection from coronavirus

"Every day when I get up, I stand on the porch, look up to the sky and ask God to ... send the epidemic away."

National 6 years ago

Some Indonesians try to ward off COVID-19 with talismans, rituals

Villagers in Wajak Kidul hamlet, which is located some 10 kilometers from Tulungagung regency, East Java, have placed homemade masks around their homes as they believe the objects can protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Virus-hit Philippines calls off ritual crucifixions

The Philippines' crucifixion reenactments will be cancelled this year as coronavirus cases climb, said authorities in the city where the annual tourist spectacle is held.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Confucians uphold cleaning ritual at Kediri temple

To welcome Chinese New Year, Confucians in Kediri, East Java, took part in a traditional ritual.

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