"smoking ceremony" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-smoking ceremony.ogg [Australia] Forms: smoking ceremonies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoking ceremony (plural smoking ceremonies)
  1. (Australia) An ancient custom among Indigenous Australians that involves burning various native plants to produce smoke, performed at major events, such as births and deaths, or to welcome important visitors. Tags: Australia Translations (ancient custom): 煙熏儀式 (Chinese Mandarin), 烟熏仪式 (yānxūn yíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), savuseremonia (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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