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Chichas are major events that require weeks of preparation and can last for days. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Culture , Panama , Rituals , Guna people

Simplified: Among the Guna people, chichas, which are female puberty ceremonies, are major events that require weeks of preparation and can last for days.

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Chichas are major events that require weeks of preparation and can last for days. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Culture , Rituals , Indigenous Peoples

Simplified: Among the Guna people, chichas, which are female puberty ceremonies, are major events that require weeks of preparation and can last for days.

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2 weeks ago
When a king died, or when a major palace foundation was laid, hundreds of human beings were systematically executed to serve as structural or spiritual filler. Captured prisoners were bound, decapitat... 1.000

👤 Jacob Dreyer 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , History , Rituals

Simplified: During the Shang dynasty, hundreds of humans were executed for events like a king's death or a palace foundation, with prisoners' heads being buried i...

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3 weeks ago
In ancient times, to seal a political pact, lords dug a pit, slaughtered a sacrificial animal (often a bull or dog), cut off its left ear and caught the blood in a bronze vessel (皿). The lords smeare... 1.000

👤 Jacob Dreyer 📋 News Article 🏷️ China , History , Rituals

Simplified: In ancient China, lords sealed political pacts by slaughtering a sacrificial animal, catching its blood in a vessel, smearing the blood on their lips,...

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3 weeks ago