Twenty years after he wrote “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night” for New York Magazine, filmed the following year as Saturday Night Fever (1977), British journalist Nik Cohn admitted he’d made ...

Explorers find five-century-old Tlacotepehua fertility altar with carved bracelets and Venus symbols in a cave in Guerrero, Mexico.

Before the blockbuster release of “Saturday Night Fever,” in 1977, “disco” had a very different meaning—indicating a range of styles rather than the specific one, hooked on a stereotypical kick-hat ...

For centuries, the festival calendar has been a spectacular affair. Here’s a look at some of the oldest celebrations around the world.