Seeking to appease the god of storms and end a drought, men and women in tiger costumes whip each other in an ancient ritual. A boy wears a tiger costume in the town of Zitlala in southern Mexico ...
"Ritual reversals" or "rituals of rebellion" are concepts used for mock rituals performed in Southern and Eastern Africa. During fertility rituals, like rain ceremonies, women in their songs and ...
Introduction : Rainmaking, gender epistemologies, and explanation -- Ihanzu everyday worlds -- The making and unmaking of rains and reigns -- Gendered life-worlds and transformative processes -- ...