The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

According to a confidential investigative report, the UC Davis baseball team engaged in long-standing hazing rituals for new players that included drinking competitions and scavenger hunt-style ...

This video examines extreme initiation rituals practiced by ancient and isolated tribes. Some required enduring venomous stings, severe pain, or permanent injury. Others involved dangerous jumps, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "Yaka masks make their appearance ...

"Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals" includes carved wall panels, masks in wood and fiber, and sculptures in the round, used in the initiation rites of the Nkanu peoples of ...