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Ritual Practices and Cosmological Beliefs in Small-Scale Indigenous Societies

Quick fact

Among the !Kung San of the Kalahari, the trance dance is a nightly ritual that not only heals individuals but also holds the cosmos together by sustaining the balance between humans and the spirit world. It is a community-wide event where elders and healers enter altered states to cure the sick and maintain cosmic harmony.

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Have you ever wondered why a community would perform a rain dance that seemingly has no scientific effect? Yet, for them, it is as vital as technology is to us.