This is not the East Village though. This is Chinatown, on Hester Street, just west of Essex Street:
Buddhist burning ceremony. |
I don't think it was incense they were burning — that's a much hotter flame than is necessary for burning incense. Also, it didn't smell like incense. I'm sure it was part of some ceremony though. I think every religion incorporates some form of pyrolatry.
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