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More folk religion temples destroyed in China
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China continues to impact religious minorities by enacting increasingly restrictive laws governing religious practices.
Culture
Column: The Bigotry Behind the Pretty Ads
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Storm Faerywolf discusses the Shen Yun performance troupe, whose members belong to Falun Dafa – an anti-communist spiritual movement with a variety of racist and homophobic political stances.
Asia
Ancient burial suggests ritual use of cannabis in Western China
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Scientists report on the likely use of cannabis in ritual at a 2,000 year-old burial site in Western China where little is known about the spiritual practices of its ancient inhabitants.
China
Chinese city destroys thousands of shrines
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Thousands of shrines devoted to Chinese folk deity were destroyed in Guayou City.
Paganism
“Sights and Sounds of Ancient Ritual”: an exhibition
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The Wild Hunt reviews an ongoing exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery, “Signs and Sounds of Ancient Ritual,” which explores the world of ancient religious ritual through human sensation.