Name: The worldwide web of belief and ritual
Uploaded: 2008-06-10T01:00:00Z
Duration: 18 min 58 s
Description: Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance.

Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance.

The worldwide web of belief and ritual

The world’s cultures and beliefs reflect the extraordinary range of human imagination, from Polynesian navigators who read the ocean’s swells to Andean rituals connecting communities to the land. While half of the world’s 6,000 languages are vanishing, each sustains a unique answer to what it means to be human. These traditions are not relics but living ways of seeing, holding knowledge and wisdom vital for the future. Preserving these voices is essential to maintaining our collective human legacy.