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rituals
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
Scroll Staff
· Oct 06, 2022 · 06:12 pm
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
Scroll Staff
· Nov 23, 2020 · 04:14 pm
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
Scroll Staff
· Apr 23, 2019 · 10:15 am
Watch: Why were the women in this village worshipping a kangaroo-shaped dustbin?
Scroll Staff
· Nov 02, 2017 · 10:00 am
Watch: This Mexican mayor married a crocodile
Reuters
· Jul 04, 2017 · 02:00 pm
From mummification to ‘sky burials’: Why we need death rituals
Jonathon Jong, The Conversation
· Jun 17, 2016 · 03:30 pm
