Liu Qiang's ashes lie in a cremation box on the altar, wrapped in a white silk scarf, waiting for burial.

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His bohemian appearance, with a silk scarf perpetually round his neck, is a legacy of his studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.

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Having taken my turn at the faucet, I proceeded to the prayer area and knelt on the silk carpet, behind an extremely thin young woman in a black dress and head scarf.

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