Incense Burning and Safety

How to Burn incense - SticksThese are one of the most common incenses available, and come in two forms.They can be a fine bamboo or wooden core, that is coated with incense, as most of the Indian incense is, or they can be without a stick, like the Japanese and Tibetan styles of incense.The second tends to be a little more fragile.To LightPlace in an appropriate container.If it has a bamboo core light the thicker end, A solid incense stick can be lit at either end. Gently extinguish the flame by either blowing of fanning it, until it smoulders.What you are trying to achieve is a gentle wisp of scented smoke.To Burn Incense - ConesSo called because of the shape, which is conical. This has no core and should all burn when lit.To LightPlace the cone on or in an appropriate container

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