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Los Angeles ? Baha'is around the world will arise for prayers before sunup on March 2 as they begin their yearly fasting period - "an annual renewal of faith," says Emerson Boergadine, a young photographer in Los Angeles.
"It's an invigoration, an annual cleansing," he said of the fast, which is a special time for prayer and also involves abstaining from food and drink between sunrise and sundown for 19 straight days. Members of the Baha'i Faith ages 15 to 70 observe the fast, which ends just before the Baha'i new year on March 21.
Mr. Boergadine, who is 28 and will be observing the fast for the 14Th time, said it helps a person focus on their essential spiritual nature.
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An individual who is exempt from fasting at any part of a day is exempt from fasting the entire day.
Middle Eastern background.5 Baha'is are allowed to fast at other times of the year but as this is not encouraged, it is rarely done. But, this is the detail i know from various sites, but generally no exemption given, any way you can do prayers. God bless you.
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