Chapter 91: The lantern festival with the three oily Buddhas.

Released Friday, 25th June 2021

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Chapter 91: The lantern festival with the three oily Buddhas.

Friday, 25th June 2021

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This week the crew attend an annual lantern festival that's so expensive that the townsfolk must starve to afford it. We wonder about what happens to old religious traditions and whether they ever really go away.

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