Incense
INCENSE. The term incense (from Latin incendere, to burn or kindle) has the same meaning as the word perfume, i.e., the aroma given off with the smoke (per fumar) of an odoriferous substance w...
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Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writ...
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A funeral service was held Monday in Tokyo for Japanese video
journalist Kenji Nagai, who was shot dead late last month while
covering an antigovernment demonstration in M...
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Asians flocked to temples, parks and Disneyland on Sunday to pray, play, eat, and celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.At the Lama Temple and White Cloud T...
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Asians burned incense in temples thick with clouds of eye-stinging smoke and gathered for feasts of chicken, hot pots and dumplings Sunday as they celebrated the first day of the Lunar New Year, us...
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A word to the wise men: The world may have plenty of gold and myrrh, but it could run short of frankincense.Trees in the Horn of Africa provide most of the world's supply of the prized incense that...
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A vandal has twice taken a bulldozer for a joyride at a logging site, tearing up roads and destroying newly planted trees.
The first incident happened about two week ago, said Don Robinson...
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Unions representing more than 1 million public sector workers went on strike Friday to press their demands for a 12 percent pay rise, bringing massive disruption to schools and hospitals around the...
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San Francisco (dpa) - Hundreds of thousands of Americans caught up
in an online tax filing glitch have been granted a reprieve by US tax
authorities, media reports said Thur...
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Hanoi (dpa) - Hundreds of people in a fishing village in southern
Vietnam held a lavish funeral for a 15-ton whale found dead offshore
water, an official said Thursday.
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Hanoi (dpa) - Nearly 1,000 people in a fishing village in central
Vietnam held a solemn funeral Wednesday to bury a 19-ton whale washed
to the shore, an official said.
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Incense
Possible Aztec offerings found in Mexico
