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LA Times Today: Why cacao ceremonies are becoming more popular in L.A.

LA Times Today: Why cacao ceremonies are becoming more popular in L.A.

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A growing number of wellness spaces around L.A. are hosting cacao ceremonies. The ritual involves drinking raw cacao to facilitate spiritual and emotional healing. The drink is said to evoke a warm and uplifting feeling.

L.A. Times spirituality reporter Deborah Netburn went to a cacao ceremony and told Lisa McRee about it.

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