LADAKH, India (AP) — One by one, 13 Buddhist monks wearing brightly colored silk costumes and wide-brimmed black hats, stepped onto the rectangular courtyard of the Hemis monastery. They began a ...

Tibetan ritual dancer Losang Samten – who is also an award-winning visual artist and the spiritual director of the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia (USA) – recently worked with ...

In a study published in Telestes, Dr. Joshua Kumbani and Dr. Margarita Díaz-Andreu categorized the various dance scenes depicted in South African rock art, drawing on ethnographic sources, published ...

PARISPARIS — The frenetic music and vibrant colors of the Frevo, a Brazilian carnival dance, have been immortalized by UNESCO as a world heritage treasure. The electrifying tradition from the city of ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. Characterized by slit eyes, which appear as convex ...

Native Americans performing ritual Ghost Dance. One standing woman is wearing a white dress, a special costume for the ritual dance, 1890. Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of ...

The dance originated in the Brazilian city of Recife The Intangible Heritage Convention began in 2008The French "Fest-Noz" and Korean "Arirang" were also added PARIS (AP) — The frenetic music and ...

Kun-Yang Lin turned his headquarters in South Philly into a hub for dancers. The Kun Yang Lin/Dancers rehearse ''Fire Ritual Dance'' in preparation for the troupe's final season. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From ...