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Irú or Dawadawa or Eware or Sumbala or Narghi is a type of fermented and processed locust beans (Parkia biglobosa) used as a condiment in cooking. [1] It is similar to ogiri and douchi . It is popular throughout West African cuisine .
Kalpavas (Sanskrit: कल्पवास) is a month-long spiritual tradition in Sanatan Dharma that involves a period of deep spiritual practice, austerity, and detachment from worldly life, practiced by staying near the bank of a holy river.
Parkia biglobosa is a dicotyledonous angiosperm belonging to the family Fabaceae (Caesalpinioideae - Mimosoid clade). [4] It is a deciduous perennial that grows to between 7 and 20 metres high, [5] in some cases up to 30 metres. [6]
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Five sangomas in KwaZulu-Natal. Traditional healers of Southern Africa are practitioners of traditional African medicine in Southern Africa.They fulfil different social and political roles in the community like divination, healing physical, emotional, and spiritual illnesses, directing birth or death rituals, finding lost cattle, protecting warriors, counteracting witchcraft and narrating the ...
Seva is also performed as a form of ego-transcending spiritual practise known as sādhanā, and plays a large role in modern Hinduism. [ 4 ] : 42 A key concept in Hinduism is liberation ( moksha ) from the cycle of births and deaths ( saṃsāra ), and sādhanā is the effort one makes to strive for liberation; this highlights the importance of ...
In the culture of the San (various groups of the indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Angola), healers administer a wide range of practices, from oral remedies containing plant and animal material, making cuts on the body and rubbing in 'potent' substances, inhaling smoke of smoldering organic matter like certain twigs or animal dung, wearing parts of ...
Buddhist chants are reflections on the good spiritual qualities of the Three Refuges or an enlightened teacher, and aspirations of spiritual perfection. [43] Furthermore, chanting texts is considered a way to manifest the healing power of the Buddhist teaching in the world, and to benefit and protect the nation and the world. [62]