The metal canister is called a thurible. The guy carrying it is titled the thurifer. Inside, charcoal burns incense. In the Catholic church incense smoke symoblize prayers rising to heaven and is also meant to purify whatever it touches. Here it was purifying the path of a small parade walking down NYC's Sullivan Street which was the culimination of the 57th Annual Novena and Feast of St. Anthony at the Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua. The use of incense in some ceremonial form has been and is used in many religions, including paganism, ancient Egypt, Hinduism and Buddhism.
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