Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in Taiwan unearthed a snake-shaped artifact likely used in ancient religious rituals. The serpentine object, which ...

Ssitkimkut is the extraordinary Korean ritual for the dead that cleanses the dead spirit, assisting it on its way to the next life. The ritual is layered with singing, dancing, instrumental and ...

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Concluding Flushing Town Hall's array of Lunar New Year events, on February 21, 2020 SaaWee will take guests on a musical and spiritual journey inspired by Korean shamanic rituals. Saawee, which ...

Last month, Asia Society welcomed shaman Park Miouk, the daughter of the legendary Park Byung-Chun, for a moving performance of Ssitkimkut, the traditional Korean ritual for the dead. A program that ...

Helena Soholm holds up the five directional flags of Korean shamanism in Dronningmølle, Denmark. (Arin Yoon) It is the day before the ceremony and forty people from different parts of the world will ...

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In 2019, 29-year-old Pakistani filmmaker, Nadeem Alam Alkarimi began investigating shamanism in Hunza Valley, his hometown. Since graduating from the National College of Arts (NCA), in Lahore, ...

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Archaeologists in Taiwan unearthed a snake-shaped artifact likely used in ancient religious rituals. The serpentine object, which dates back some 4,000 years, was discovered last year in Taoyuan City, ...