GUIYANG, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Nuo opera, a religious ritual to ward off evil spirits, has transformed fortunes in southwest China's Guizhou Province. In rural Dejiang County, Wang Guohua teaches the ...

Halloween costumes from the first half of the 20th century were terrifying. Drawing on the holiday's pagan and Christian roots -- as a night to ward off evil spirits or reconcile with death ...

Andrew Graham-Dixon went on a tour of the Royal Academy's bronze show to see an ancient face to ward off evil spirits and a mask famously excavated by an archaeologist who insisted on working in ...