Spring/April/the time of the equinox is the time of celebration of the ancient spring fertility festival honoring the goddess Eostre (Ostara, Oestera). This celebration, of pagan origin, pays tribute ...

As the monsoon clouds roll into the northeastern part of India, devotees to a fierce Indian goddess line up to celebrate the annual fertility festival, where hundreds of holy men gather to perform ...

I went to Japan for the first time, in 2017, to visit my sister and her husband, who were trying to have their first child. My sister had heard about the Hōnen Matsuri, a fertility festival that ...