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  1. Washing for a religious purpose, to purify
  2. the soul. Hindus, for example, believe that
  3. bathing in the river Ganges will purify them.
  4. Similar beliefs are found in Christianity and
  5. Shinto (for example, the mythical Izanagi
  6. purifies himself by diving to the bottom of
  7. the sea and washing himself).
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  9. Subject by: Russell Webb
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