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Before filming a project, the Academy Award winner gathers with cast and crew for a blessing ceremony, joss sticks in tow, to conjure protection and prosperity for all involved.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 24 May 2023
Down on Mott Street, where gleaming lanterns swing from balconies, where joss sticks burn and the smell of incense is in the air, there is unquestioned belief in fiends and devils, in magic and in spells.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
Thai television stations broadcast the royal order along with a video of Suthida, wearing a pale pink dress, laying before the king and presenting him with a tray of flowers and joss sticks, AP reports.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 21 Oct. 2019
When eating, do not stick your chopsticks upright in your bowl of rice, because this is the symbol of two burning joss sticks used for funerals.
—National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019
It had been bisected by hundreds of joss sticks, which stuck out from the figure like the shafts of arrows; these were methodically lit after dinner during the performance by the artist and her assistants, who wielded blow torches.
—Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 22 June 2018
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 24 May 2023
Down on Mott Street, where gleaming lanterns swing from balconies, where joss sticks burn and the smell of incense is in the air, there is unquestioned belief in fiends and devils, in magic and in spells.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
Thai television stations broadcast the royal order along with a video of Suthida, wearing a pale pink dress, laying before the king and presenting him with a tray of flowers and joss sticks, AP reports.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 21 Oct. 2019
When eating, do not stick your chopsticks upright in your bowl of rice, because this is the symbol of two burning joss sticks used for funerals.
—National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019
It had been bisected by hundreds of joss sticks, which stuck out from the figure like the shafts of arrows; these were methodically lit after dinner during the performance by the artist and her assistants, who wielded blow torches.
—Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 22 June 2018
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“Joss stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joss%20stick. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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