It’s meant to be just one of many elements of Coast Salish representation in Vancouver’s Broadway Plan, which has a “Cultural Ribbon” planned for the northern edge of the area crucial to the ...

Raban notes that the salmon ceremonies died out one hundred years ago as the traditional lifestyles of the Kwakiutl people faded away or, (if you prefer), were destroyed. Raban notes that the ...

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter, one can catch Catholics in some ancient religious practices – some are so rare, they’re done only once a year. Beginning Palm Sunday – March 28 ...

The Church of Christ represented in these ecclesiastical traditions is known as a ritual church. The church in a certain territory is known as a particular church.

However, it is a highly-respected mourning ritual. Before amputation, a string is tied tightly around the upper half of the finger for 30 minutes.

James Teit, Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 25, No. 98 (Oct. - Dec., 1912), pp. 287-371 ...

Rites and ceremonies Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890 Sun Dance Collector Tilton, Willis G. Culture Pueblo Sioux Inunaina (Arapaho) Apache Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux) Assiniboine (Stoney) Jicarilla ...

Cinéma vérité and similar documentary traditions can thus be seen, in a broader perspective, as a reaction against studio-based film production constraints. Shooting on location, with smaller crews, ...