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What It Really Feels Like to Get a Massage Using Real Knives
The ancient Chinese practice is surprisingly relaxing and healing.
What It's Like to Be a Bride in Sumba, Where a Marriage Proposal Costs a Herd of Horses
We talk to a woman about why she is holding tight to a culture that places a high price on the heads of young brides.
Photos from a Druid Ceremony, in Case You Wondered What That Looks Like
I joined some French druids at their annual autumn equinox.
Big in Japan | How KFC Became the Country's Traditional Christmas Meal
The Colonel is at the centre of a longstanding Christmas tradition. No, really.
Big in Japan | How KFC Became the Country's Traditional Christmas Meal
The Colonel is at the centre of a longstanding Christmas tradition. No, really.
Inside the Lavish Arranged Marriage of a Powerful Witch Clan
In Romania, one of the world's most powerful witches arranged for her son to marry his witch cousin. Broadly attended the extravagant wedding to capture the rituals and ceremonies that go into planning a traditional occult wedding.
Selfies, Family Reunions, and Corpses Standing Upright: Inside Toraja's Surprising Relationship With Death
In Toraja, letting go is the hardest part.
10 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an Eid al-Adha Butcher
Does the job ever make you want to go vegan?
What It’s Like to Be Married When Your Schoolmates Are Just Discovering Dating
A Rabari bride and groom talk about their child marriage.
This Team of Booze All-Stars Is Making Mezcal Sustainable
Sombra Mezcal is designed to be beneficial for both the land and the indigenous community in Oaxaca.
As My Family Tried to Arrange My Marriage, I Was Secretly Swiping on Tinder
My parents, unaware that I already had a dating profile of my own, signed me up for an online matchmaking service—similar, in a sense, to Tinder, but with far different expectations.
Photos of Wet, Sweaty Men Climbing a Lard-Smothered Monument
Photographer Ben McNutt captured the annual Herndon Climb at the United States Naval Academy.