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#12171602
18 March 2025
Two women burn joss paper in front of their house in Than Hoa, Vietnam, on March 18, 2025. The paper is widely used in Vietnamese spiritual and ancestral worship. It is burned during funerals, death anniversaries, and special occasions. The practice is deeply rooted in Vietnamese culture, influenced by Buddhist and Taoist beliefs, ensuring that deceased loved ones have wealth and necessities in the afterlife.
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#12171606
18 March 2025
Two women burn joss paper in front of their house in Than Hoa, Vietnam, on March 18, 2025. The paper is widely used in Vietnamese spiritual and ancestral worship. It is burned during funerals, death anniversaries, and special occasions. The practice is deeply rooted in Vietnamese culture, influenced by Buddhist and Taoist beliefs, ensuring that deceased loved ones have wealth and necessities in the afterlife.
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#12171607
18 March 2025
Two women burn joss paper in front of their house in Than Hoa, Vietnam, on March 18, 2025. The paper is widely used in Vietnamese spiritual and ancestral worship. It is burned during funerals, death anniversaries, and special occasions. The practice is deeply rooted in Vietnamese culture, influenced by Buddhist and Taoist beliefs, ensuring that deceased loved ones have wealth and necessities in the afterlife.
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#11799005
22 November 2024
Tumpa Das, age 29, opens the gate for cremating a dead body in a furnace inside a crematorium in the Baruipur Panchayat area in South 24-Parganas district of Purandarpur Mahashamshan, about 39 km south of Kolkata, India, on November 20, 2024. For the last 10 years, since her father's death, she is in charge of the crematorium. This woman, a Dom, single-handedly handles the work traditionally dominated by men. From registering the names of the deceased to managing the cremation, the work of the furnace is handled by this young woman alone.
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