PULAU SUMBA, Indonesia (RNS) — On the island of Sumba, in central Indonesia, a ritual war game known as Pasola is celebrated annually between villages, and it draws large crowds of all ages.

The two in question are the Animist and the Exemplar, ... War Robots: Frontiers has finally launched Season Two, and with it come a few new changes, more robots, revamped maps, and more.

I confess. I am an animist. Animism is simply a belief that all inanimate objects, such as rocks and plants, have souls, and therefore have feelings. This includes glass beads, drift wood and old ...

CAREY ISLAND, Malaysia (RNS) — The ceremony takes place over four days, in which shamans and villagers visit different points on the rivers and seashores where boats have sunk in the past.

A movement known as “new animism,” which seeks to secure personhood rights for nonhuman beings through legal means, is gaining a following around the globe. New animist environmental activists ...

Anarcho-Animist Frontline Weapons sees UKAEA come out swinging on behalf of the badgers. “Fuck the cull, fuck anti-science, fuck the Countryside Alliance, fuck the baiters, fuck you,” is a robust ...

Nissa, Ascended Animist has what you need (Image via Wizards of the Coast) Magic: The Gathering’s next expansion has some of the most popular planewalkers turning to the forces of evil.

The BBC maps the country's divisions ahead of its postponed elections. ... (PDP) in 2011 after winning 59.6% of the vote - with most support in the mainly Christian and animist south ...

Niño was an animist deity—worshipped as a rain god based on some legends. During drought, the ancient Cebuanos would bathe the image in the sea, just as mentioned in the Sto. Niño’s gozos ...

ITANAGAR (India): Tamo Mindo, a slight man with creased eyes, stares intently at the liver of a chicken he has just killed. Mindo, a 58-year-old shaman belonging to the animist Donyi Polo religion ...