• Sacred Water is a 2016 Rwandan documentary film directed and produced by Olivier Jourdain. A young woman travelled to a village where kunyaza, a sexual...
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  • Sacred water may refer to: Holy water, ritually sanctified water Sacred waters, water from a sacred source Sacred Water, a 1993 book by Leslie Marmon...
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  • figures. Sacred waters have been exploited for cleansing, healing, initiations, and death rites. Ubiquitous and perpetual fixations with water occur across...
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  • divine power, such as water used for baptism.[citation needed] The concept of things being made or associated with the sacred is widespread among religions...
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    (sortilege). Similarly the chrism and sacred oil are kept locked up." In Catholicism, holy water, as well as water used during the washing of the priest's...
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  • Ruanda that focused on kunyaza in November 2013. In 2016, the documentary Sacred Water by Belgian filmmaker Olivier Jourdain, which has kunyaza as the subject...
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    Nymphaea lotus, the Egyptian white water lily Nymphaea nouchali, the star lotus, in Sanskrit utpala Palmette Sacred Weeds, a Channel 4 TV series examining...
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    published a limited run of Sacred Water under Flood Plain Press, a self-printing venture by Silko. Each copy of Sacred Water is handmade by Silko using...
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    fair, which is Asia's largest camel fair. A ritual bath at a tirtha (a sacred water body like a lake or river) at a pilgrimage centre is prescribed on Kartika...
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    (Theertha or Tirtha) literally refers to water. In Hindu sacred literature, it is referred to as the physical holy water body associated with a temple or deity...
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    Sacred groves, sacred woods, or sacred forests are groves of trees that have special religious importance within a particular culture. Sacred groves feature...
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    Fallon, J. M.; Jaiswal, N. K. (2012). "Sacred Space, Sacred Water: Exploring the Role of Water in India's Sacred Places". Recreation and Society in Africa...
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    Kusum Sarovar is a sacred water reservoir with a historic sand monument in its backdrop. It is situated on the holy Govardhan Hill between Manasi Ganga...
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    ritually carry water from a holy source in containers suspended on either side of a pole. The pilgrimage derives its name from a sacred water carrying apparatus...
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    collects sacred waters for king's coronation rituals". Reuters. 6 April 2019. "Sacred water collected for Coronation rites". The Nation. "Sacred coronation...
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    Pushkar Lake (category Sacred lakes of India)
    a sacred lake of the Hindus. The Hindu scriptures describe it as "Tirtha-Guru" [Thirtha Raj]– the perceptor of pilgrimage sites related to a water-body...
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    picture, the water comes out from a small hole throughout the year and never dries up. The water that comes out is considered as sacred water (tirtha). It...
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    The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latin: Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart...
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  • together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges. In 1844, the first English translation of the Lotus Sutra...
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    sinkholes, called cenotes, which expose the water table to the surface. One of the most impressive of these is the Sacred Cenote, which is 60 metres (200 ft)...
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    the most sacred ghat of Haridwar. It is also the primary centre of the Kanwar pilgrimage, in which millions of participants gather sacred water from the...
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  • The Killing Of A Sacred Deer is a 2017 absurdist psychological horror thriller film directed and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, who also co-wrote the...
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    Marudachalapathi and Dhandayuthanpani. There are springs or pools of sacred water (theertham) around the temple, namely Maruda Theertham and Skanda Theertham...
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    An aspergillum is used to pour sacred water on guests and also throughout a wedding. It is also used to pour holy water on Hindu deities in temples. The...
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  • Sannihit Sarovar (category Articles using infobox body of water without image)
    Sarovar is a sacred water reservoir in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana, India. It is believed to be the meeting point of seven sacred Sarasvatis. The...
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    A sacred tree or holy tree is a tree which is considered to be sacred, or worthy of spiritual respect or reverence. Such trees appear throughout world...
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    on sheets of rice paper called o-iki no kami (literally, "paper of the sacred breath"). This grant is mentioned in the Ofudesaki, usually with the Sazuke...
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    the Pancha Tirtha or the five sacred bathing spots of Puri, India, to complete a pilgrimage to Puri. The five sacred water bodies are: Indradyumana Tank...
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    Altman, Nathaniel (2002) Sacred water: the spiritual source of life. pp. 130–133. ISBN 1-58768-013-0. "ĀB i. The concept of water in ancient Iran". www.iranicaonline...
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    together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges. Thoreau was aware his Ganges imagery could have been factual...
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