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173. Chairman Mao & the Cultural Revolution

The Rest Is History

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Is There a Religious Impulse Behind This?

Ma was given forty mangoes in 19 68, by the pakistony foreign minister. Workers read out quotations from now and celebrated the gift. Altars were erected to display the fruit prominently. When the mango peel began to ro after a few days, the fruit was peeled and boiled in a pot of water. workers then filed by, and each was given a spoonful of mango water. But it's worth thinking for a second what kind of religion we're talking about here.

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