Folk magic goes by many names in the Appalachian Mountains: root work, granny magic, kitchen witchery, Braucherei, witchcraft Emma Cieslik Isolation is a part of life in the Appalachian Mountains ...

The majority of Bulgarians identify as Eastern Orthodox, while Roman Catholicism is a minority religion. The latter usually celebrate Easter a few days before Orthodox Christians, however every so ...

Rooted in both indigenous Mexican traditions and Catholicism, Santa Muerte is seen as an amoral, non-judgmental saint who grants favors to those who venerate her.

Folk traditions vary between regions, but you'll always spot their flowery stroje ludowe at any festival, wedding, holiday and traditional performances. Religion plays a major part in Polish society, ...

Three decades later, Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., and Julia Weissman in their book Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists, expanded the scope to include living artists, and asserted that ...

Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse — driven by pandemic, internet, ‘lax’ alternatives By . Rikki Schlott. Published April 17, 2025, 11:00 a.m. ET.

Columbus Collective Museums is hosting the inaugural Crossroads Folk Art Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Rose Hill Park, 3300 Hamilton Road. Organizers promise an eclectic celebration ...

Born in Waco on Jan. 28, 1937, Hester spent much of her youth in Austin. The folk music revival that populated coffee shops and college campuses across the country during the late 1950s and early ...

Michael Hurley, a beloved underground singer-songwriter who emerged in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s, has died at age 83. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.