Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present a screening of the documentary film "Ceremony," followed by a discussion with filmmaker Sas ...

Historically, a Tsam ceremony was held at the beginning of the year to exorcise evil. It consisted of a series of masked dances and often had a narrative content. Tsam means masked dance. Today in ...

"A richly illustrated book showcasing the costumes and ritual equipment obtained from Shamans in Mongolia and Siberia in the 1930s by two legendary Danish travellers, Henning Haslund-Christensen and ...

The rites began at dawn, as they do every year on the first morning of the Mongolian spring. By noon, hundreds of faithful were gathered around the master shaman Byambadorj as he channelled the spirit ...

Although shamanism was almost made extinct during Mongolia's communist era, the practice is now booming, writes Joshua Kucera for Eurasianet. When Degi, a 24-year-old web designer in Mongolia’s ...

From the Steppes With Shamanism: the Hu Makes Hits With Praises to the Sky Deity (RNS) — An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen in the 21st ...

The Hu, comprised of Temuulen "Temka" Naranbaatar on the tovshuur (three-stringed lute), Galbadrakh "Gala" Tsendbaatar playing the morin khuur (horse head fiddle), Nyamjantsan "Jaya" Galsanjamts ...