Explorer Explains: Festivals
Festivals and holidays are celebrated across cultures for many reasons. Many of them have to do with important events in a culture’s history or in an person’s life. Read more
Tag Archives: rituals
Feature: World Cup Acts as National Ritual
Sociologist Emile Durkheim believed rituals unite people through shared experiences and led them to identify with the group. Now sociologists have found evidence for the theory at the world’s largest sporting event. Read more
Fast Facts: Food and Feasts
Image: A table of food celebrating the Nowruz holiday in Tajikistan, by Ibrahim Rustamov. Read more