As a result, they’re embracing these exotic burning rituals. But the researchers argue that it doesn’t have to be this way. There are Dutch alternatives available. Geertsma and her team identified ...
For thousands of years, religious ceremonies around the world have involved burning or smoldering ... of wild plants for these rituals, including sweetgrass and white sage. The use of smudge ...
A PROMINENT Travellers’ rights campaigner has opened up about her community’s harrowing ritual of burning the belongings of a loved one after they die. Not only would their clothes be burned ...
As they were about to tie the knot, Li requested Wang to perform the “marriage bed burning” ritual for her ex-husband, who died a few years ago from illness.
As they were about to tie the knot, Li requested Wang to perform the “marriage bed burning” ritual for her ex-husband, who died a few years ago from illness. Wang was told all Li’s ...
Despite the grand talk of excising gloom, for many in the crowd, the burning is essentially a hollow ritual; basically an excuse to drink and witness legal arson. But the beauty of rituals is in ...