(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
Links on the Summer Solstice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/summer-solstice-2020-traditions/index.html
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-june-solstice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp8QU9cCvzc
Links for Midsummer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer
https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/midsummer/
https://visitsweden.com/what-to-do/culture-history-and-art/swedish-traditions/midsummer-tradition/midsummer/
Now why did Germany have to fuck it up?
https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art172089.asp
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Mid-summer/Sunnawendi, taken from Germanic Heathenry; A Practical Guide:
Sunnawendi [or, Sunnawendi: Sun's Wending] also: Midsummer, James Hjuka Coulter 114 Litha. Sunnawendi literally translates as (the) sun’s wending, or the sun’s turning, signifying the summer solstice -the pivotal point at which she once again begins to make her way towards her wintercourse. Sunnawendi is one of the highest tides within Irminenschaft, and one of two ‘official’ solar observances (the other being Iul), marking both her apex of strength and wholeness, and the start of her cyclic waning. This holy tide is also known as Midsummer: an old and traditional -though misleading- adage, which suggests a medial point, or the literal middle of summer. Such isn’t the case in a true Heathen (lunar) reckoning, though within a more Romanized or outright Augustinian system, the term certainly applies (being the balance-point between the two equinoxes).
Sunnawendi is one of the greatest of celebrations, and may have once originally shared the same duration as its counterpart, Iul. At Sunnawendi, holy fires are lit, maypoles (symbolic of the Irminsul) are erected, and great feasting and celebration is had throughout the lands. Herbs, like Sunna herself, are at their pinnacle of power and potency at this holy time, and so are picked on the eve of the solstice. If holy water is to be drawn, it should be done between the eleventh and twelfth hour on the eve of the solstice. At midnight, those who sit themselves beneath the elder trees can catch a glimpse of the elves, led by their ‘Fairy King’, Ing Fro himself.
Along with the holy phenomena mentioned above, this highsummer tide also marks the time for Thing among Germanic folk. Summer Thing, or ‘Midsummer Thing’ (as its commonly called) is the highest of such holy and legal gatherings, taking precedence over all other (lesser) Things held at other points of the year. This was the custom in Heathen times, and remains so with today’s Irminic folk.
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, domestic stuff
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Links on the Summer Solstice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/summer-solstice-2020-traditions/index.html
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-june-solstice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp8QU9cCvzc
Links for Midsummer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer
https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/midsummer/
https://visitsweden.com/what-to-do/culture-history-and-art/swedish-traditions/midsummer-tradition/midsummer/
Now why did Germany have to fuck it up?
https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art172089.asp
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Mid-summer/Sunnawendi, taken from Germanic Heathenry; A Practical Guide:
Sunnawendi [or, Sunnawendi: Sun's Wending] also: Midsummer, James Hjuka Coulter 114 Litha. Sunnawendi literally translates as (the) sun’s wending, or the sun’s turning, signifying the summer solstice -the pivotal point at which she once again begins to make her way towards her wintercourse. Sunnawendi is one of the highest tides within Irminenschaft, and one of two ‘official’ solar observances (the other being Iul), marking both her apex of strength and wholeness, and the start of her cyclic waning. This holy tide is also known as Midsummer: an old and traditional -though misleading- adage, which suggests a medial point, or the literal middle of summer. Such isn’t the case in a true Heathen (lunar) reckoning, though within a more Romanized or outright Augustinian system, the term certainly applies (being the balance-point between the two equinoxes).
Sunnawendi is one of the greatest of celebrations, and may have once originally shared the same duration as its counterpart, Iul. At Sunnawendi, holy fires are lit, maypoles (symbolic of the Irminsul) are erected, and great feasting and celebration is had throughout the lands. Herbs, like Sunna herself, are at their pinnacle of power and potency at this holy time, and so are picked on the eve of the solstice. If holy water is to be drawn, it should be done between the eleventh and twelfth hour on the eve of the solstice. At midnight, those who sit themselves beneath the elder trees can catch a glimpse of the elves, led by their ‘Fairy King’, Ing Fro himself.
Along with the holy phenomena mentioned above, this highsummer tide also marks the time for Thing among Germanic folk. Summer Thing, or ‘Midsummer Thing’ (as its commonly called) is the highest of such holy and legal gatherings, taking precedence over all other (lesser) Things held at other points of the year. This was the custom in Heathen times, and remains so with today’s Irminic folk.
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively)
Saturday/Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG) Day of Fertility/Saturday (UPG) (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married to Agatha Dirksen 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Saturday/Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG) Day of Fertility/Saturday (UPG) (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married to Agatha Dirksen 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Inguz: Ing-Fro, the god of Ar; prosperity, abundance, sexuality and fridu, gestation, the womb and the tomb, fertility, fruitfulness, peace and plenty, internal growth, personal development, solitude, well-being, nature wisdom, process/manifestation of creativity; wholesome, healthy sexuality, sacrifice for the positive, potential, completion of one stage and progressing to the next, internal/spiritual growth, enhancing male energy.
*A3R6; Aett 3, root 6, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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*A3R6; Aett 3, root 6, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ka:
Havamal 151:
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6; Halbdutzend 1, root 6, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: there is an abundance associated with imperviousness. The less we have, the more we are exposed trouble. We can also associate sexuality with the preservation of tribe or race. It’s extremely easy to see how these two Runes work well together.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep with one wakeup and some Lily loving
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Toby’s 9am meds
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My health by the numbers:
Weight; 252
Glucose; 107
BP; 117/80
Pulse; 80
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Wifey conversation and a quick check of my head-would. All is well.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
München 3:1 Freiburg
Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund
*30th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, Leipzig 0:1 BVB
*90th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!
*end of match, Leipzig 0:2 Borussia Dortmund
*BVB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hoffenheim 4:0 U. Berlin
Düsseldorf 1:1 Augsburg
H. Berlin 2:0 Leverkusen
Mainz 3:1 Bremen
Schalke 1:4 Wolfsburg
Köln 1:1 Frankfurt
Paderborn 1:3 Borussia Monchengladbach
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A couple of guys, father/son, at Auto Smart are from London. I asked them about the background chanting I hear but see no one in the stands. They said it was from FIFA games https://www.ea.com/games/fifa
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Toby’s noon meds
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2-eggs sunny side up + potato coins + turkey kielbasa coins
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Toby and I out for his first 4-block, perfectly behaved, roundy for a long time.
*partly cloudy, mildly warm, north breeze
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I’m realizing a separate pain from last night’s fall. Methinks I bruised my coccyx/tailbone.
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Harvested a few first fruit small tomatoes. Shared the meager harvest with wifey.
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While she’s still waiting on my anniversary present, wifey gave me my birthday present early https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-3891761/kalorik-35-qt-air-fryer.jsp?skuid=58792528 WOO HOO!
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Wifey to Family Dollar
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Toby’s 2pm meds
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Leftover Great Wall
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Experimented with the air fryer using French fries…not horrible at all! Threw on a couple of turkey hot dogs ta-boot! Now it’s time to get one of those French fry cutters,
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Went over to the J’sW house to get their lawn rocker chairs that they offered. They weren’t worth the trip but I took them anyway.
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Grabbed one of wifey’s frozen drink and sat out in Agathagart to observe Mid-Sommar
* The good thing about Mid-Sommar for me is that the nights now slowly get longer and the days slowly get cooler as we head to Yule!
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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Mowed the front yard. I’ll trim tomorrow.
*harvested some blackberries
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Watered Agathagart
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I really am bored with television:
Ghost Whisperer on Hulu; boring (take that in. take all the time you need)
The Great on Hulu; boring
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Toby’s midnight meds
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night
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Havamal 151:
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6; Halbdutzend 1, root 6, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: there is an abundance associated with imperviousness. The less we have, the more we are exposed trouble. We can also associate sexuality with the preservation of tribe or race. It’s extremely easy to see how these two Runes work well together.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep with one wakeup and some Lily loving
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Toby’s 9am meds
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My health by the numbers:
Weight; 252
Glucose; 107
BP; 117/80
Pulse; 80
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Wifey conversation and a quick check of my head-would. All is well.
<>
Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
München 3:1 Freiburg
Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund
*30th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, Leipzig 0:1 BVB
*90th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!
*end of match, Leipzig 0:2 Borussia Dortmund
*BVB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hoffenheim 4:0 U. Berlin
Düsseldorf 1:1 Augsburg
H. Berlin 2:0 Leverkusen
Mainz 3:1 Bremen
Schalke 1:4 Wolfsburg
Köln 1:1 Frankfurt
Paderborn 1:3 Borussia Monchengladbach
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A couple of guys, father/son, at Auto Smart are from London. I asked them about the background chanting I hear but see no one in the stands. They said it was from FIFA games https://www.ea.com/games/fifa
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Toby’s noon meds
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2-eggs sunny side up + potato coins + turkey kielbasa coins
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Toby and I out for his first 4-block, perfectly behaved, roundy for a long time.
*partly cloudy, mildly warm, north breeze
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I’m realizing a separate pain from last night’s fall. Methinks I bruised my coccyx/tailbone.
<>
Harvested a few first fruit small tomatoes. Shared the meager harvest with wifey.
<>
While she’s still waiting on my anniversary present, wifey gave me my birthday present early https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-3891761/kalorik-35-qt-air-fryer.jsp?skuid=58792528 WOO HOO!
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Wifey to Family Dollar
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Toby’s 2pm meds
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Leftover Great Wall
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Experimented with the air fryer using French fries…not horrible at all! Threw on a couple of turkey hot dogs ta-boot! Now it’s time to get one of those French fry cutters,
<>
Went over to the J’sW house to get their lawn rocker chairs that they offered. They weren’t worth the trip but I took them anyway.
<>
Grabbed one of wifey’s frozen drink and sat out in Agathagart to observe Mid-Sommar
* The good thing about Mid-Sommar for me is that the nights now slowly get longer and the days slowly get cooler as we head to Yule!
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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Mowed the front yard. I’ll trim tomorrow.
*harvested some blackberries
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Watered Agathagart
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I really am bored with television:
Ghost Whisperer on Hulu; boring (take that in. take all the time you need)
The Great on Hulu; boring
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Toby’s midnight meds
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night
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God/dess Meditation: Saturday, Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG), Frouwa & Ing-Frô:
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you? Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Ing-Frô, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you? Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Ing-Frô, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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