At the premiere of ritual for thrivation no. 2 on June 10, a series of audio clips in Tagalog played over the speakers, filling San Francisco’s ODC Theater with harrowing memories. “There was no ...

Strangers to each other, the two young men came together in an ancient American Indian dance ceremony that honors warriors past and present. Eric Isaac, who is Tohono O'odham, moved his feet in ...

For years, meals at the summer sun dance ceremonies on the Eastern Shoshone tribe’s lands in Wyoming were missing something that was once a staple of the sacred rituals. There was no presence of ...

Rituals seem to be declining in modern life. Finding ways to gather together meaningfully can help us combat loneliness, pain ...