Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

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It is an age-old tradition that involves offering incense sticks to the guardian deities, who each oversee a certain aspect of life, such as money, happiness and love. There are dozens of gods in ...

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Offering incense to late Party leader Trong, Cuong expressed deep gratitude for his significant contributions to the country’s revolutionary cause along with nation building and development process.

Offering incense to the late Party leader, Cuong expressed deep gratitude for his significant contributions to the country’s revolutionary cause and nation-building and development process.