The holidays wouldn’t feel nearly as nostalgic without rituals. Maybe you always walk in the local turkey trot before your family preps the big feast. Perhaps you light blue candles instead of white ...

Description: We explore Día de los Muertos as a ritual that nurtures community, imbues loss with meaning, and helps us process grief while also connecting through shared joy. Summary: We investigate ...

Running a company doesn’t leave much room for hobbies. But if you know me, you know I make time for one obsession: rituals. My fascination with rituals started from a conversation with my friend Bing ...

The music is low, the room is warm, the conversation moves without urgency, and somewhere in the center of it all, a hookah burns slow and steady — filling the air with something that feels less like ...

Grief is a universal experience, but the ways people process it can vary widely across cultures. Recent studies at Johns ...

Are there things that you do in certain settings, at particular times, that evoke a feeling and remind you of what is important? When I step up to bat in softball, I tap the bat twice just past the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kian Bakhtiari writes about Gen-Z marketing and social impact. Native American tribes performed rain dances to summon their ...

For many of us, the word "ritual" has a lot of weighty significance to it. A religious ceremony, an unshakeable family tradition, or hallowed cultural rite might come to mind. But according to Harvard ...

(The Conversation) — In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish feasts, ornate effigies and prized water buffaloes for ...

No. 46 Oregon men’s tennis (13-5, 4-3 Big Ten) had a strong start in its match against No. 54 Nebraska (10-9, 2-6 Big Ten) but could not find... With Oregon baseball’s 2-0 win over UC Santa Barbara ...