... used to seeing. Upon my entrance of the Hindu temple, I was amazed at the extravagant statues dressed in bright colors, which illuminated the entire room-this made me curious to know more, yet I was too shy to ask questions, as I thought it may disrupt the peaceful aura of the ... fulfilled, as the prayer leader of the temple spent much time describing the deeper meaning of the statues. Similar to Geertz analysis of religious symbols as having a "deep meaning" and "evoking powerful emotions and motivations in that religion's followers"(Guest 598), the prayer ... leader told me that these...

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