None of my house plants are currently blooming so I am burning incense to keep a nice atmosphere indoors right now. Too cheap to buy an incense stick holder, I merely stick them vertically in various house plant pots.
Due to the sweet aroma of the syrup-like resin contained in the stems, E. farinosa is still used in churches in some parts of Mexico as incense. Native American people are known to have used this same substance as glue and chewing gum.
A long time before modern chemical and electrical air fresheners, bouquets of fragrant herbs, spices and flowers were used to revitalize the household atmosphere. They have a recorded history of over 6000 years. Originally extracts and incense were used for religious rituals and ceremonies. Following those years, the nobility and the wealthy began to indulge. The Roman emperors used them in ...
The sanctum in the Latin name may have derived from that fragrant resin also being added to incense. Once the species had been overharvested, its slow growing habit made it difficult to bring back—or at least to bring back quickly!
Frankincense was used as incense throughout the Middle East from ancient days through to today. Myrrh was and is used as an antiseptic, and would have been worth many times its weight in gold. Both of them epitomize Christmas to anyone who grew up singing We, Three Kings of Orient Are. Let me remind you, no singing required, although humming is ...
La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) est l’institution mère du Groupe. L’accord portant création de la banque a été adopté et ouvert à la signature à l’occasion de la Conférence de Khartoum tenue le 4 août 1963. Cet accord est entré en vigueur le 10 septembre 1964 à Khartoum, au Soudan. La banque a lancé ses activités le 1er juillet 1966. Son rôle principal est de ...