Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots of Easter Bunny traditions are ancient
Bunny is a much celebrated character in American Easter celebrations. On Easter Sunday, children look for hidden special ...
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Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral roots
Greenlanders in recent years have been embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions like drum dancing or getting Inuit tattoos.
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Three more Norwegian ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Robin Pedersen from Norway soars through the air during the Ski Jumping World Cup in Bad Mitterndorf ...
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The unstoppable rise of the Christmas jumper
A novelty Christmas jumper is as much a feature of the office Christmas party as injudicious snogging and reckless misuse of the photocopier. "Obnoxious and tacky" in the eyes of some, but ...
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Let the flames rise! Christmas tree's fiery origins, pagan roots
Dressed in pagan folk costumes, Latvians gather on a square in the centre of Riga for a ceremony that some historians see as the ancient precursor to the Christmas tree tradition. But these ...