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While local religious use may not threaten its survival, commercial harvesting could. Durga Rana Magar is a journalist and filmmaker based in Pokhara, Nepal.

Incense has been around since ancient times and was used in religious rituals in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece.

Incense (from the Latin , meaning “to burn”) signifies prayer, sacrifice and reverence for people and objects. This fragrant smoke symbolises the prayer of the assembly rising up to God.

However, 69% of Indian Muslims light incense or candles for spiritual or religious reasons. Around half of Jewish Israelis (53%), as well as 42% of Jewish Americans, light candles for religious or ...

Incense sticks are the most common and tend to have a longer burn time, though they do require a holder, where cones and papers can be plopped onto essentially any heat-resistant surface and you ...

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Ethiopian Church Washington DC A kesis or priest, waves a censer burning incense as he walks through rows of congregants at Re'ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox ...