incense

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As the air filled with the scent of incense and music, L.A. resident Leneta Antoine-Wood held a sign that read “ICE out of Tovaangar,” a reference to the Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Photos showed her praying while holding incense sticks and comforting bereaved people near displayed names and portraits of at least two soldiers.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

It’s beat up and old, and smells like incense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

It smells of incense inside and we light a candle.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Religions bring the sacred into our lives with Gothic churches, Muslim mosques, Hindu ashrams, Torah scrolls, Tibetan prayer wheels, priestly cassocks, candles, incense, Christmas trees, matzah balls, tombstones and icons.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari