ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...
Among the most interesting and yet least understood fraternal orders in America is the Shriners. Founded in 1871 by a group of masons in New York City, the group is probably best known for the red fez ...
Photos of a bean-throwing ritual to celebrate seasonal change and ward off evil at a Japanese shrine
HAKONE, Japan (AP) — Scores gathered at a shrine in Japan’s Hakone to try and catch “lucky beans,” hoping to ward off evil spirits as they celebrate the last day of winter in the Japanese lunar ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria (AP) — At the Sayyida ...
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