Babbarā

In denying the body, you deny the world which spawned it. You affirm before all that you choose the immaterial over the material. The Great one will see your act and be pleased.

— Īndī Lūrumānti on the Babbarā

The Babbarā is a Lūfulā festival involving three days of fasting from all food, water, and other bodily needs. During this fast, members of the faithful are to spend their time praying, meditating, and reading the holy texts. The festival is designed to show the follower's devotion to Ayīmīflā and to proclaim that they choose the soul over the physical body. While some stricter communities are unbending when it comes to participation in the fast, most of the faithful are happy to exempt the ill, elderly, very young, and soldiers from the fast.
Following the three days of fasting, there are three days of feasting. The food for the feast is prepared during the fasting period by volunteers who wish to take on a harder test of faith by preparing and handling food without succumbing to temptation and eating it prematurely. The feast itself is the most anticipated celebration in the Lūfulā religion. There are traditional dances, songs, and foods for each of the three days. Parents give gifts to their children and families gather together for fellowship. The feasting is said to represent the rewards that Ayīmīflā will bestow upon the faithful for living a holy and self-sacrificing life as well as the balance between good and evil that currently exists in the world.

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