Du Bose Heyward wrote in the New York Herald Tribune in 1926: Langston Hughes, although only twenty-four years old, is already conspicuous in the group of Negro intellectuals who are dignifying Harlem with a genuine art life. . . .
Smudge stick. A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs, usually bound with string into a small bundle. The herbs are later burned as part of a ritual or ceremony. Plants that are often used include sage and cedar.
While the burning of incense, and the use of sacred fires that put off smoke, is found in many cultures worldwide, those activities are not known as smudging.. Smudging with sage, or other herbs sacred to Indigenous Peoples, is a different and culturally-specific practice.he American English term smudge stick is usually found in use among non-Indigenous people who believe they are imitating North American Native ceremonies.