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Necròpolis Son Real
Santa Margalida, Spain

Necropolis of Son Real

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.
The "tomb of the years" at Museo Xólotl.
Tlalnepantla, Mexico

'Tomb of the Years' at Tenayuca Pyramid

An archaeological museum at the Aztec pyramid displays signs of the New Fire ritual performed every 52 years.
Vienna, Virginia

Dolhareubang of Meadowlark Gardens

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.
Gastro Obscura

Doing a Vermouth

In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.
Botafumeiro.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Botafumeiro

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.
Gastro Obscura

Butter Lamps

In Tibetan temples, yak butter burns day and night.
Jizo statues at Zojoji Temple.
Tokyo, Japan

Garden of Unborn Children

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.
Gastro Obscura

Bau Nyale

Worm-catching and love come together at this Indonesian harvest and courtship festival.
Masalanabo Modjadji, at her home in Midrand on April 24, 2017. When she turns 18, she will be crowned Queen Modjadji VII, the "Rain Queen."
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The Restoration of South Africa's Rain Queen

A teenager will become the country's first tribal queen in almost 50 years.
Jon Allsop September 21, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Bánh Pía

This mooncake's flaky exterior gives way to a creamy, sometimes stinky, core.
Yorkshire Parkin from the vintage cookbook "Farmhouse Cookery."
Gastro Obscura

Yorkshire Parkin

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.
Gastro Obscura

Bolludagur

On this holiday, Icelandic children earn cream buns by spanking their parents.
Crypt of wealthy church donors, one level below.
Syracuse, Italy

Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.
Gastro Obscura

Entierro de la Sardina

Murcians celebrate the end of Lenten fasting by burning a giant papier-mâché sardine.
Meat piled high and served on a trami.
Gastro Obscura

Wazwan

This Kashmiri feast features 36 dishes and takes more than two hours to eat.
Istanbul, Turkey

Hagia Sophia Wishing Column

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.
Lundin Links Standing Stones.
Lundin Links, Scotland

Lundin Links Standing Stones

A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
The Marathon March shortly after the start in downtown Stockholm.
Sweden

Marathon March

A competition inspired by Stephen King's psychological horror novel "The Long Walk."