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\"Fasting
The Baha’i fast takes place from 2 to 20 March<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baha\u2019is throughout Australia are observing their annual fast, an important time for prayer and reflection.<\/p>\n

The fast, prescribed by the faith\u2019s founder, Baha\u2019u\u2019llah, involves Baha\u2019is between the ages of 15 and 70 abstaining from food and drink between sunrise and sunset.<\/p>\n

The fasting began on March 2 and continues until March 20.<\/p>\n

Fasting is considered a personal spiritual obligation. People who are ill, travelling, pregnant or engaged in hard physical labour need not fast.<\/p>\n

The author of a blog<\/a> for the Web site of the Australian Baha\u2019i Community, Keith McDonald, writes that fasting is a time for inner reflection and meditation, away from the day-to-day frenzy of contemporary life.<\/p>\n

He says that fasting helps him curb the modern tendency of indulging in excessive consumption of food and drink, TV and internet, and shopping.<\/p>\n

\u201cFasting, I hasten to add, is not exclusive to this faith because all the major religions practise some form of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The media showed interest this year in the start of the Baha\u2019i fast, with live radio interviews of Baha\u2019is conducted by ABC radio stations in Sydney and Brisbane.<\/p>\n

The increasing use of social media has resulted in a new development around the world as Baha\u2019is share experiences via Facebook and through special projects.<\/p>\n

To read about the experiences during the fast of young Baha\u2019is in Africa and the United States, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When the fast ends, the new Baha\u2019i year begins, and Baha\u2019is and their friends throughout Australia and the rest of the world celebrate a holy day known as Naw Ruz (New Year).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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