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===Traditional beliefs=== | ===Traditional beliefs=== | ||
*The Sowaár traditionally believed in a "spirit-complex" which links all spirits together. A spirit leaves the spirit-complex when a person is born, and one's spirit reenters it upon death. This spirit-complex was held to be the source of morality. Since everyone is of the spirit-complex, morality involves both respect for the living and the dead. | *The Sowaár traditionally believed in a "spirit-complex" which links all spirits together. A spirit leaves the spirit-complex when a person is born, and one's spirit reenters it upon death. This spirit-complex was held to be the source of morality. Since everyone is of the spirit-complex, morality involves both respect for the living and the dead. | ||
*The "Ever-Vigilant Ones" are a different kind of entity in the Spirit-Complex, they never reincarnate as humans | *The "Ever-Vigilant Ones" are a different kind of entity in the Spirit-Complex. Depending on who you ask, they never reincarnate as humans | ||
===Practices=== | ===Practices=== | ||