These shrines may have been associated with some kind of contact with ancestors, some kind of cult of the dead.

这些圣坛也和某些东西有关联,与祖先或者对逝者的崇拜有关。

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So in fact, there are professional magicians who make it their business to debunk people who claim to genuinely be in contact with the dead and the like.

而事实上,有些专业的魔术师,主要揭露那些声称,能和死人沟通的人的秘密

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