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The kankariya dance all started with a legendary demon queen named Kuweni.

"When the wind blows you run away because you think it’s a night runner.”

From bloodthirsty orchids to body-snatching pods, fictional flora are often symbols of societal fears.

Keep your eyes peeled for a peanut-shaped car that got its start during the Great Depression.

But make sure you bring the fossegrim the proper offering—or else.

Our California Dream Art Show has concluded; the submissions will inspire you to book a trip, pronto.

A straw effigy of the winter goddess is burned and then submerged in chilly waters.

Step 1: Buy it. Step 2: Maybe a poetry reading?

In a courtyard in Kumasi, Ghana, you’ll find a sword planted in the ground more than 300 years ago.

Nahuelito’s plesiosaur visage can be found all over the small town of Bariloche.

The burning of the Bӧӧgg is like a fiery version of Groundhog’s Day, but with fireworks and sausages.

This historical sweet spread has supernatural ties.

A classic ghost story has something to say about America—200 years ago, 100 years ago, and today.

We go on a bumpy ride with the Hurricane Hunters, who fly into storms in the name of science.

This May Day, make Beltane bannock, a simple snack with a long history of superstition and divination.

One historian of early New England sees the event as a harbinger of deadly violence.

The sun is out and the monsters are here.

But its complex Aboriginal Australian origins have today been commodified and suppressed.