rites and ceremonies

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Food for the ancestors

Mexican celebration of the Days of the Dead
2006
Looks in on the Mexican celebration of Days of the Dead in the state of Puebla, focusing on the special foods that are made for the week-long holiday.

The night gardener

2015
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.

The witch's curse

2014
When it begins to rain non-stop in the Kingdom of Wrenly, Lucas and Clara try to figure out who is behind the evil spell, and put a stop to them.

Elantris

2015
Princess Sarene of Teod arrives in the capital city of Arelon for a marriage of state with Crown Prince Raoden, only to find her intended has died and she is considered his widow and responsible for the entire city's fate.

Classical living

reconnecting with the rituals of ancient Rome : myths, gods, goddesses, celebrations, and rites for every month of the year
2000

William and the witch's riddle

2016
William must solve a witch's riddle in order to save his family and end a centuries-long curse.

Executions and sacrifices

From the walls of the Shaanxi Province in China to the murky red waters of Ireland's peat bogs, scientists and archaeologists have found spine-chilling evidence of scary sacrifices and rituals. Throughout history, cultures have found some very creative ways of torturing their enemies and pleasing the powers that be. But some of these ghastly practices happened far more recently than we would like to think!.

The seasons: natural rites and traditions

2015
The seasons: natural rites and traditions pursues an understanding of different rites and cultural understanding of the world around us.

Beliefs, rituals, and symbols of the modern world

2015
Learn about the ethereal, the other-worldly, and the unknown of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in this fascinating look at the supernatural in the modern world.

Beliefs, rituals, and symbols of India

2015
Learn about India's fascinating religions, history, and folklore from Ganesh to Gandhi in this illuminating text..

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