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Rifqa Bary and the Religious Right

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Walter L. Newton9/30/2009 5:20:41 pm PDT

re: #105 albusteve

bullshit…I waded through the crowd and took pictures until they assaulted me with banana knives and took my camera…I paid body guards…me and my wife were deep into the throb and being the ONLY white people there highly suspicious…the shaman/priest was so spent they hauled him off in a pick up truck while others comforted the saved/not saved…it broke up in a haze of ganja and rum…one of the most bizarre experiences I’ve ever had

Steve, you’re talking to me… actually that sounded in the least exciting.

I’ve seen something similar, a real Sundance, six days of it, complete with all the flesh tearing and blood letting, including myself.

Only difference, I was one of the only white guys, but I was invited by one of the families, and was welcome (well, after a few days, some other families had to wait to see how I was reacting to the whole thing before they passed me the pipe).