Criterion (iii): The Kayas provide focal points for Mijikenda religious beliefs and practices, are regarded as the ancestral homes of the different Mijikenda peoples, and are held to be sacred places.

places a strong emphasis on protecting the environment and culturally significant natural and sacred locations. The Monpas had lived in the hinterland of the isolated Black Mountain forests and they ...

In the scenic Phobjikha Valley of Bhutan, the natives eagerly await their return each winter. Monks of the local monastery pray for their safe journey and legend has it that they circle the ...

As well as being an important centre of martial arts, it is also a sacred place of Buddhist study. Shi Yandian is a student monk at the temple hoping to qualify as a full warrior monk. Rising up ...

Kate Rigby - Professor of Environmental Humanities, Bath Spa University, and author of Topographies of the Sacred: The Poetics of Place in European Romanticism (2004), Dancing with Disaster: Histories ...

From that came an enthronement ceremony making Jesus our King in which we put an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in a prominent place in our home or any building. According to Msgr. Esseff ...

Gymnastics influencer María del Mar Pérez Banus has been accused of “insulting” Japanese culture after performing a “vulgar” acrobatics routine at a sacred shrine. A since-deleted ...

(RNS) — 'This year we received nearly 500 applications, up 31% from last year,' said Rachel Hildebrandt, director of the National Fund for Sacred Places. (RNS) — Two dozen historic faith ...

It is one of 24 faith communities to receive a grant from the National Fund for Sacred Places and the Eli Lilly Corporation this year. The 24 recipients were chosen from a pool of 500 applicants ...

Going on a Navajo-led tour of this national monument in northeastern Arizona takes you to ancient ruins and sacred places that most tourists never see. By Derek M. Norman Reporting from the Navajo ...