COVID masks adorn healing trees in updated pagan rite
Edited By WION Video Desk
Published: Dec 07, 2020, 04:05 IST | Updated: Dec 07, 2020, 04:05 IST
It is a ritual steeped in pagan mystery, updated for the coronavirus age. Sick people in northern France occasionally leave garments in healing trees in the hope of a cure, following a tradition that persists since pre-Roman times.
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