Fire, masks and folklore at Paraguay’s Kamba Ra’anga festival Locals in Altos, Paraguay celebrated the Kamba Ra’anga festival ...

Revellers dressed in elaborate costumes and masks came together Monday in Altos, Paraguay for the annual Kamba Ra'anga ...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Many Maká traditions have slowly faded. Yet a few elders among these Paraguayan Indigenous people recall how their songs imitated birds.

But new research from an anthropologist challenges the idea that dance and lullabies are universal among humans. The study draws on 43 years of research with an Indigenous population in Paraguay ...

Humans must learn to dance and sing lullabies, and people then “invent, tweak and culturally transmit” such behaviors, the researchers concluded in the study.