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South China Morning Post on 2024-03-05 14:23

If the shoe hits: Hongkongers, tourists strike back at ‘villains’ with ritual to ward off bad luck, but officials no longer targeted

Busy day of shoe-hitting for practitioners of ritual used to ward off bad luck by striking effigies of ‘enemies’, as hundreds flock to popular ...

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