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Indigenous religion of Tibet.
It was originally concerned with magical propitiation of demonic forces, and its practices included blood sacrifices. It later developed a cult of divine kingship (with kings regarded as manifestations of the sky divinity), reformulated in Tibetan Buddhism as the reincarnation of
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Popular annual festival in Japan, usually observed July 13–15, in honor of the spirits of deceased family members and of all the dead.
As at the New Year festival, the dead are believed to return to their birthplaces. Memorial stones are cleaned, dances performed, and paper lanterns and fires are lit to welcome the dead and to bid them farewell when their visit ends.
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Bon Marché
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Cape Bon Peninsula