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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A &#039;&#039;&#039;fast&#039;&#039;&#039; is a period of deliberate abstinence from food and/or drink, usually as a [[religion|religious]] observance. In [[period]], many [[Christian]]s would fast regularly as a form of self-[[mortify|mortification]] to purify their souls.<br /> <br /> Fasting was also a feature of the [[Roman Catholic]] season of [[Lent]], the forty days preceding [[Easter]], when Catholics traditionally shun meat. [[Jew]]s have six fast days in their calendar, including Yom Kippur and Tisha B&#039;Av. Fasting is also practiced in [[Islam]]: during the month of [[Ramadan]] Muslims are to abstain from eating, drinking and sexual congress between sunrise and sunset.</div>

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