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Recieved: 2003/04/15 14:54
Subject: Re: [K-list] Santa, Sant, Saint
From: Danijel Turina
On 2003/04/15 14:54, Danijel Turina posted thus to the K-list:
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At 13:31 15.4.2003 +0100, Bhavin Desai wrote:
>[Jason B wrote:]
>> The person of Santa Claus is a complete fiction. It is a lie.
>>
>
>The term "Sant" is an Indian word for a holy person, in the same
>general area as Saint (!), Sage, Swami, Rishi, etc. The traditional
>colours of a Sant are orange/red, usually with the head also
>covered. They had long hair, moustache, and beard (often white due
>to their advanced age). They carried a sack of gifts, especially for
>children. They wandered through India and other countries of the
>world helping people. This has been going on for (tens of)
>thousands of years. There is a connection with the Four Stages of
>Life in the classical Indian culture. Each
>stage is approximately 25 years and a rough translation could be:
>Student, Married Householder, Society Helper, and Meditating
>hermit/recluse. Helping society in the above manner is the third
>stage.
>
>Does this sound familiar in relation to Sant(a) Claus? There are
>many such records of such Sants. There are also living Sants.
>
>It is not a fiction or a lie.
Khm. :)
http://www.santaclausishere.com/html/santa_history.html
Pleasant reading. ;)
(to all: sorry about the duplicate of the last message, the KL mail
server was inaccessible so I resent the message)
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