Where did labour day come from? How was it historically celebrated? And are there really ghosts of mine bosses terrorising current miners? All this and more on this week’s episode of The BabaYaga Project!

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Wheat and bread have long held social and spiritual significance. In this week’s episode, Sonya and Devin discuss Lammas, a celebration of wheat and bread dating back to the early Middle Ages. We’ll also discuss the place of wheat socially and culturally, and how it reshaped the physical and mental landscape.

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The Green Corn Ceremony is an important religious ritual for many indigenous people in what is now the United States. What is this ceremony and what meaning does it hold for participants? And how has it been impacted by the American state and colonisation? Find out this week as Devin and Sonya discuss the history of this important ceremony,

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What was it like to live through the Black Death? How did people cope in the midst of this mysterious disease? And did people really eat spoilt meat in the Middle Ages? Devin and Sonya discuss all this and more on this week’s episode of The BabaYaga Project where we’ll see what we can learn from the past while living through a modern global pandemic.

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This week, Devin and Sonya discuss the way private property ownership developed from the Middle Ages to the present day, and how this has been used to oppress marginalised people in North America. In particular, Devin discusses the ways private property ownership has affected the Cherokee Nation.

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The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, the day the sun "stands still" in the sky. How have people in the past celebrated the return of warmth and light, crop fertility, and renewal? In this week's episode, Sonya and Devin discuss the festivals, fertility rites, and traditions of Midsummer!

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Welcome to The BabaYaga Project! In our introductory episode, we introduce ourselves and BabaYaga, a unique witch in Slavic folklore. We also discuss the concept of ritual, why it's important, and how historical rituals can (or cannot) be replicated and continued in the modern world.

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