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Incense

Incense

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A powder of naturally-scented bark and leaves, with water added for the paste... Home-made, hand-rolled Cambodian incense is a tradition that primarily involves the grandmas of the family—and one that is quietly dying out—because they are—and, due to competition from the readily accessible cheap Chinese imports that flood the market, are machine-manufactured, and mass-produced.

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Small-scale home production--where sticks are repeatedly dipped in water and coated with sawdust, then colour-dusted, perfume-sprayed, and dried in the sun--accounts for much of the incense sold in urban areas.

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