Recently, an eager young American — who will go unnamed — secured an audience with a modern-day shaman — whose identity is a well-guarded secret. The young man was desperate to know what he could do ...

Carnival from A-Z concludes with the excitement of the Zulu ball that precedes by four days the annual parade. Back to the letter “A,” the Fat Tuesday parade (which started earlier than usual because ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s annual Zulu Reed Dance ceremony was disrupted by hallucinating girls who swarmed the country’s president, a Johannesburg newspaper reported on Monday. Teenage girls ...

Shaman Dance is performed by shaman (sorcerers or witches) who pray to gods, sacrificing, dispelling evils and curing diseases. It is called Tiaodashen by common people. This form of dance was popular ...

There are a number of parades with names starting with an “A,” but the one for “Z” is unrivaled. Zulu, which hits the streets on Mardi Gras, is according to Arthur Hardy’s “Mardi Gras Guide,” “Named ...