having curly hair (persian: gīsvari) is one of the obscure and rare concepts in the epics and heroic stories but various texts and particularly some of the non-iranian sources pertaining to this issue could show us some evidenc regarding the ancient descriptions of warriors in indo-european culture. moreover, obstinacy (persian: sar-keshi), as one of the indispensable characters of heros, doesn...

In 1965, Gus Dinizulu, an African American percussionist, traveled to Ghana with the dance company he was leading. There, took trip as opportunity explore his roots and met Nana Oparebea, Ghanaian chief-priestess of Akonedi Shrine, north Accra. She performed for Dinizulu a divination, during which she explained that enslaved ancestors were part akan people gave him mission search other American...

The Datuk Gong worship in Malaysia is a fusion of Malay keramat and Chinese Tudi Shen, hence easy to be labelled ‘syncretism’. Nevertheless, the rich dynamism syncretism as process still underexplored. Through combination historical documentary method anthropological multi-sited field work, this article examines three stages syncretic worship: amity, encompassment synthesis, well diverse strate...

Human communities have measures and schemes which are intended to control the social behaviour of its members. In traditional societies, belief in potency supernatural beings helps enforce norms values, translate into order within a given community. most societies including Ghana, religion plays an important role lives people, some include ensuring society. indigenous religious norms, customs, ...