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The weirdest rituals in the world

Filed under: Kenya, Japan, MexicoIn the town of San Juan Chamula in southern Mexico, I entered a church completely unprepared for the what I saw. Pine needles and hundreds of small lit candles covered the entire wooden floor, where worshippers were... ...full story at Gadling

from Gadling on Thu, Nov 05 2009

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