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Example sentences for: manda

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In folk religious practices a manda is interpreted as a promise or contract made with a saint, the Virgin Mary, or God.
If a woman makes a manda asking for a cure to her child’s illness and the child is cured but she does not complete the manda, the child may become ill again.
There may be fear of retribution from a saint if the manda is not fulfilled, and sometimes individuals actually suffer this retribution.
Although the fulfillment of the manda in itself may not be difficult, its completion often involves some sacrifice, and this aspect is also considered part of the manda.
Lighting daily candles could be a financial strain, and a pilgrimage may take several years to complete, yet neither is ever forgotten, and a manda is taken more seriously than a legal written contract.