Khani explained that the ritual, deeply rooted in Iran’s cultural and religious beliefs, reflects the importance of water in the agricultural economy of rural communities. “The scarcity of water has ...

Residents of three villages in Nakhon Sawan province in Thailand paraded a plush toy of the popular robot cat Doraemon in place of a real cat as part of a rainmaking ritual, as the country experiences ...

Seeking to appease the god of storms and end a drought, men and women in tiger costumes whip each other in an ancient ritual. A boy wears a tiger costume in the town of Zitlala in southern Mexico ...

A towering "rain control" site, where shamans would have asked the gods to open up the skies centuries ago, has been discovered in South Africa. Located in a semiarid area of the country, near ...

FORGET SCIENCE, it is time to roll out the folk wisdom. This summer’s drought has turned our brains into Doritos. As proof, consider the fact that lately I have begun looking into rainmaking schemes ...

Drought intensity detected during droughts in the Joseon dynasty and modern period (a) Histogram for the severity and frequency of droughts during drought impacts and damages (crop damage, famine, ...

CHARRED remains of ancient rainmaking fires are helping to date droughts in Iron Age Africa to within 20 years. After a several years of little or no rainfall, the Bantu people near modern-day ...

A towering "rain control" site, where shamans would have asked the gods to open up the skies centuries ago, has been discovered in South Africa. Located in a semiarid area of the country, near ...