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Pagan & Shinto News: Lithuanian Parliament Won’t Recognise Romuva Pagan Religion

Pagan & Shinto News: Lithuanian Parliament Won’t Recognise Romuva Pagan Religion

Last updated on: July 7, 2019 at 11:50 am by Megan Manson

Pagan & Shinto News: Lithuanian Parliament Won’t Recognise Romuva Pagan Religion 2019-07-07T11:50:55+00:00 Megan Manson

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Lithuania: Parliament rejects recognition of Romuva Pagan religion
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Japan: Ancient tomb clusters added to UNESCO World Heritage list

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Ceremony honors thousands who died during war, promotes peace
Pacific Daily News
The Guam Chinkon Shrine that sits seaside at Adelup has a small structure that looks like a house, sitting atop a sturdy brick pillar. Inside the structure is a small mirror…

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LiveMint
Envisage a constellation of flares lighting up the inky blue skies over the Sea of Japan to the sonorous chants of prayers, welcoming eight million Shinto deities from across the Japanese archipelago to their annual gathering…

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Furious Morris dancers to march on Parliament over May Day bank holiday switch
The Telegraph
Morris men and women say the move will force the cancellation of hundreds of festivals and events across the country which traditionally take place over May’s first Bank Holiday weekend, bringing in millions for local economies…

Ancient Osaka Prefecture tomb clusters added to UNESCO World Heritage list
The Japan Times
UNESCO decided Saturday to add to the World Heritage list two tumulus clusters in western Japan, which represent an ancient burial system and the hierarchy of society at the time…

Stonehenge: Unesco condemns tunnel plan
BBC
Proposed changes to the A303 at Stonehenge would have an “adverse impact” on the “outstanding universal value” of the site, Unesco’s World Heritage Committee has said…

Miley Cyrus tours Stonehenge after performance, has a ‘spiritual experience’
USA Today
In the “Mother’s Daughter” singer’s photo, she expressed that “Stonehenge was a spiritual experience,” adding “thank you” with a black heart emoji…

On the “island of the druids” found burial age of four thousand years
MiceTimes
Archaeologists have discovered on the British Isle of Anglesey, which is associated with the mysterious priests of the ancient druids, the burial age four thousand years…

Protestors gather outside Christie’s as ancient head of Tutankhamen sells for £4.7m
The Art Newspaper
Egyptian authorities had tried to stop the sale claiming that the 3,000 year old quartzite sculpture should be repatriated…

Thousands of Miniature Wooden Towers Found in Japanese Buddhist Temple
Buddhist Door
A large collection of miniature five-ringed stupas (Jpn: gorinto) have been discovered in wooden boxes at Entsu-ji, a Buddhist temple on Mount Koya, Japan, just outside of the city of Kyoto…

Witches were first feminists, says Paris haute couture star
The Jakarta Post
French designer Julien Fournie hailed witches as proto-feminist trailblazers who sent shivers through the patriarchy as he staged his Paris haute couture show in a church on Tuesday. ..

Rules banning outdoor weddings in England and Wales face shake-up
The Guardian
Couples in England and Wales may be given the option of tying the knot at sea, in the woods or even at home after a review of outdated marriage laws was kicked off by the prime minister…

Midsommar’s folksy horror proves we’re still living in The Wicker Man’s shadow
The Telegraph
Along with a handful of other films in the post-hippie era, including Witchfinder General and The Blood on Satan’s Claw, it essentially founded a subgenre, “folk horror”, which brought new and queasy possibilities to ancient rites and timeless British settings…

Could This Be the End of Frankincense?
The New York Times
As more uses are found for the aromatic resin, the population of trees that produce it are on the brink of collapse…

Saptari: Policeman beats up on woman on witchcraft charge
Online Khabar
A woman in Saptari district of southeastern Nepal has accused a policeman of beating up on her on the charge of practising witchcraft…

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