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Rituals

  • Watch: Mexican mayor weds crocodile as part of ritual to bring good fortune to his people

    Watch: Mexican mayor weds crocodile as part of ritual to bring good fortune to his people

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 04, 2023 · 10:11 am
  • Watch: Men fire shots in the air during weapon-worship ritual at a temple in Uttar Pradesh

    Watch: Men fire shots in the air during weapon-worship ritual at a temple in Uttar Pradesh

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 06, 2022 · 06:12 pm
  • Watch: Frogs made to marry in UP’s Gorakhpur to ‘please rain gods’ and end drought

    Watch: Frogs made to marry in UP’s Gorakhpur to ‘please rain gods’ and end drought

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 20, 2022 · 03:40 pm
  • Watch: Married women lie on the ground for priests to walk over them as fertility ritual

    Watch: Married women lie on the ground for priests to walk over them as fertility ritual

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 23, 2020 · 04:14 pm
  • In the midst of profound grief, Hindu rituals taught me to let go

    In the midst of profound grief, Hindu rituals taught me to let go

    Ketika Garg, The Conversation
    · Oct 06, 2020 · 09:30 pm
  • Watch: Why devotees of goddess Durga in Karnataka play with fire

    Watch: Why devotees of goddess Durga in Karnataka play with fire

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 23, 2019 · 10:15 am
  • Watch: Why were the women in this village worshipping a kangaroo-shaped dustbin?

    Watch: Why were the women in this village worshipping a kangaroo-shaped dustbin?

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    · Nov 02, 2017 · 10:00 am
  • Watch: This Mexican mayor married a crocodile

    Watch: This Mexican mayor married a crocodile

    Reuters
    · Jul 04, 2017 · 02:00 pm
  • From mummification to ‘sky burials’: Why we need death rituals

    From mummification to ‘sky burials’: Why we need death rituals

    Jonathon Jong, The Conversation
    · Jun 17, 2016 · 03:30 pm