American Rituals and Traditions — 24 Stories

• Tsantsa: The Ancestral Head Ritual of the Shuar and Achuar
• The Fiesta of the Virgen de la Candelaria of Peru
• The Ghost Dance Movement of the Native American Plains
• Bumba-meu-boi of Brazil
• Ayahuasca Ritual Ceremonies of the Amazon Basin
• The Hopi Snake Dance of Arizona
• Kachina Ceremonies of the Hopi and Pueblo Peoples
• Ngillatun: The Sacred Mapuche Ceremony of Renewal
• Nalukataq: The Iñupiat Festival of Whale Gratitude (Alaska)
• Ghost Dance Movement: Native American Revitalization
• Garifuna Dugu Ceremony: Honoring Ancestors & Spiritual Balance
• Maya Chaac Rain Rites: Invoking Fertility & Sky Spirits
• Mapuche Ngillatun: Communal Prayer & Renewal
• Ayahuasca Ceremonies: Amazonian Shamanic Rituals
• Tinku Ritual Combat of the Andean Highlands
• The Aztec New Fire Ceremony (Xiuhmolpilli): Mesoamerica
• The Sacred Orixá Ceremonies of Candomblé | Brazil
• The Sacred Vodou Rites of Haiti
• Inti Raymi: Inca Sun Festival (Peru)
• Día de los Muertos: Mexico & Mesoamerica
• Green Corn Ceremony: Choctaw, Creek & Cherokee (Southeastern US)
• Sun Dance: Lakota & Plains Nations (United States & Canada)
• Potlatch: Pacific Northwest Coast (Kwakwaka’wakw, Tlingit, Haida)
• Hopi Katsina (Kachina) Ceremonies: Hopi Pueblo (USA)