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Skittles

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26. I saw a whirling dervish display at school in England
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 08:58 PM
Feb 2020

........it was creepy beyond belief. My dad had to call the school to find out why I was so spooked.

Love those lyrics. calimary Feb 2020 #1
The parallels are interesting. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #4
Fascinating, thank you for posting! n/t TygrBright Feb 2020 #2
You are welcome. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #5
My first awareness of the Whirling Dervish was when I saw a Bugs Bunny-Elmer Fudd cartoon abqtommy Feb 2020 #3
So many ways to pray. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #6
Some Muslims think it's heretical for a woman to do this. trotsky Feb 2020 #7
Imagine if this hijab wearing woman was a Uighur living in China. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #11
Or an atheist in Saudi Arabia edhopper Feb 2020 #12
Intolerance is not fun. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #13
#whataboutism n/t trotsky Feb 2020 #14
Irony 101. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #15
Wait, so it's OK for you to do it if you claim others do? trotsky Feb 2020 #16
Diversion 101. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #17
Correct, your post #11 above was a great example of diversion. trotsky Feb 2020 #20
That's how we felt when we went on edhopper Feb 2020 #8
Nice. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #9
why not edhopper Feb 2020 #10
Meditation can affect the body as well. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #18
I didn't say they weren't worthwhile edhopper Feb 2020 #19
Understood. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #21
I think this, chanting, meditation edhopper Feb 2020 #22
Exercise can be as well. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #23
Very true. edhopper Feb 2020 #24
I try to exercise my brain here at DU. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #25
LOL edhopper Feb 2020 #27
I saw a whirling dervish display at school in England Skittles Feb 2020 #26
Why did it bother you? eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #28
different way of looking at things Skittles Feb 2020 #29
One of my relatives entered a cloistered order when she was a young woman. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #30
interesting Skittles Feb 2020 #31
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