Regalia Traditional dress and accessories of North American Indigenous nations worn for ritual purposes. Insignia A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. Regalia (by extension) Finery, magnificent dress, or lavish or flashy cost...
Power struggles? Drought? Overpopulation? Whatever happened to the Maya remains a mystery—with clues hidden in the jungle.
At November’s COP23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim was dressed in traditional Mbororo regalia when she stood in a conference hall demanding that Indigenous knowledge systems be properly acknowledged in Paris Agreement negotiations. The girl who once tended cattle in the...
The trance dance, which is still practiced by San communities in theKalahari region, is an indigenous ritual by which a state of altered consciousness is achieved through rhythmic dancing and hyperventilation. It is used for healing sickness in individuals and healing negative aspects of the communit...