The event is billed as “10,000 years of culture – 187 tribal nations – 10 days – all in one location.” Despite the full agenda of Thunder in the Desert, organizer Fred Synder advises: “We’re on Indian time, so take off your watch and put it in your pocket because nothing starts until the medicine men and gourd dancers finish their blessing ceremony.”

Shamans in Peru have conducted ceremonies imploring the spirits to save the world from apocalypse.
The rituals were conducted on Thursday in Lima, Peru's capital, as part of a regular series of events designed to welcome the new year.

The seven men arrested after a sangoma was murdered in a case of mob justice, and another man seriously assaulted, appeared in the Chatsworth Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal police said.

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines – A tribal chieftain was shot to death by two motorcycle-riding gunmen at Purok 4, Barangay Panagangan, in La Paz town, Agusan del Sur, police reported yesterday.
Supt. Martin M. Gamba, Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) information officer, identified the victim as Rosbert Havana Coguit, 38.

Ariyan Rajamannan, 29, the traditional king of the Mannan tribe representing 42 kudies (settlements) in the district died of a heart attack early on Wednesday, ending his four years' career as the ruling king over the kudies who wielded high powers.