Tradition
A Charmed Life: The story of Gris-gris Wrestling. Video A Charmed Life. Video, 00:07:41
Why do Senegalese wrestlers believe mystical ritual is as important as physical training?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted23 May 2019
A Charmed Life: The story of the Nazar. Video A Charmed Life. Video, 00:07:07
Nazars are believed to avert the evil eye, but how are they made and who uses them?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted9 May 2019
A Charmed Life: The story of Omamori. Video A Charmed Life. Video, 00:05:11
Do these tiny covered prayers offer protection from the stress of modern life?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted8 May 2019
A Charmed Life: The story of the Wishbone. Video A Charmed Life. Video, 00:05:21
The haunting legend of wishbones and absent friends in New York's oldest Irish bar.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted9 May 2019
A Charmed Life: The story of Worry Dolls. Video A Charmed Life. Video, 00:04:32
Can these traditional dolls really take a child's worries away?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted8 May 2019
Live Wires. Unorthodox author: Why I left strict Satmar Jewish community. Audio, 24 minutes
Deborah Feldman, whose book is now a hit Netflix show, talks about leaving her community.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
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- Posted13 April 2020
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- Posted25 February 2020
Leap. Audio, 28 minutes
Artist Monster Chetwynd leads a delightfully bonkers exploration of the Leap Day.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted13 January 2020
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- Posted20 December 2019
The Food Chain. I hate Christmas pudding! Audio, 26 minutes
Why do some of us still serve traditional holiday foods even though we don't like them?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Pause For Thought: 'Festivals should be joyous - but also relevant.' Pause For Thought. Audio, 00:03:15
Alex Goldberg on the cross-generational benefits of our holiday traditions.
- AttributionBBC Radio 2
- Posted13 December 2019
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- Posted11 December 2019
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- Posted6 November 2019
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- Posted6 September 2019
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- Posted14 October 2019
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- Posted7 October 2019
Open Country. Stonehenge and its community. Audio, 25 minutes
The makers and trades people of Stonehenge, whose lives are shaped by their landscape.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
