Rainmaking (ritual)
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Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain. It is based on the belief that humans can influence nature, spirits, or their ancestors who withhold or bring rain.
A rain dance being performed in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia
Rainmaking among the Mandan by George Catlin, 1830s
A Dumagat rain dance being performed in San Jose del Monte, Philippines, 2023
Weather modification
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Weather modification is the act of intentionally manipulating or altering the weather. The most common form of weather modification is cloud seeding, which increases rainfall or snowfall, usually for
A tornado near Anadarko, Oklahoma during the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. Weather researchers may aspire to eliminate or control dangerous types of weather such as this.
Hail cannons at an international congress on hail shooting held in 1901
Witches concoct a brew to summon a hailstorm.