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Bharat is often described as a land of rituals. From birth ceremonies to the final rites of life, every stage of human ...

Growing up in Greece, Dimitris Xygalatas remembers adults at school putting him through regular practices that didn't serve an obvious purpose. DIMITRIS XYGALATAS: We'd have morning prayer. Twice a ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas about his new book, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living. Rituals are important to human life — even when they ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas about his new book, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living. Growing up in Greece, Dimitris Xygalatas remembers ...

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Unfortunately, many people today see Lent as one of those meaningless rituals. It’s just another religious thing to add to our already overwhelming to-do lists. But that’s not what Lent was supposed ...