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In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East, Zār (Arabic: زار, Ge'ez: ዛር) is the term for a spirit assumed to possess individuals, mostly women, and to cause discomfort or illness. The so-called zār ritual or zār cult is the practice of reconciling the possessing spirit and the possessed individual. Zār possession is…
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| Zār | causes | miscarriages by having sex with married women | 0.90 | text |
| Zār | is a | most common | 0.90 | text |
| Zār | is a | cause | 0.90 | text |
| Muhammad | instance of | Islamic praise chants for religious figures | 0.80 | text |
| and the way possession is acted out in trance is similar.In tumbura | instance of | Islamic praise chants for religious figures | 0.80 | text |
| it is viewed as an indigenous practice used by Non-Arab Sudanis of slave descent | instance of | Islamic praise chants for religious figures | 0.80 | text |
| Darāwīsh | instance of | though they are not really considered inherited.Bori spirits are commonly figures | 0.80 | text |
| a red | instance of | garments | 0.80 | text |
| white toub | instance of | garments | 0.80 | text |
| transparent toubs | instance of | garments | 0.80 | text |
| and short dresses | instance of | garments | 0.80 | text |
| al-Jilani | instance of | including figures | 0.80 | text |
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