I had to complete a ritualistic cleansing before I left Hawaii. Here’s a history of this old East and Southeast Asian custom I have to go through every time I leave my native Oahu. I wonder if @aaronmahnke.com knows about this
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The Unseen Passenger: An Ilocano tradition of pre-voyage cleansing — Gerald Farinas
Rooted in the ancient lore of gulgul , a familiar family custom uses water as a final boundary line when leaving ancestral soil behind.
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