Traditional rite-of-passage ceremonies in South Africa left 32 boys dead and more than 150 hospitalised, local authorities said Tuesday, as the annual initiation season drew to a close. Most of the ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says 11 young men have died so far this year in botched circumcision rituals that have killed hundreds in past years. The government said in a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "Yaka masks make their appearance ...

"Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals" includes carved wall panels, masks in wood and fiber, and sculptures in the round, used in the initiation rites of the Nkanu peoples of ...

PHUTHADITJHABA, South Africa — The 22-year-old Lamkelo Mtyho had no known health issues when he joined his peers, wrapped in blankets and smeared in clay, for the most important ritual of his young ...

pt. 1. Healing in the indigenous world -- Healing, ritual, and community -- The healing power of nature -- Indigenous technologies -- pt. 2. Relationships of healing: the community -- The value of a ...