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22 mai 2021
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Claudia Liebelt, « Burning Incense in Berlin: on the Power of Herbs and Stay-At-Home Exorcists », Cultures of Hygiene, ID : 10670/1.geta8g
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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I noted that some of the stores in the Berlin neighbourhood where I reside took to burning incense 'for protection,' as the vendors claimed. At around the same time, an increasing number of stalls in our local open-air market started selling incense and other herbal fumigants. Neighbours and friends recommended to gargle solutions or use nasal sprays that contained essential oils to protect from the coronavirus or took to burning incense or scent di...