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Village Life - Northern Punjab

    The widest specimen of the natural world appears to have been exploited by North Punjabi farmers to take advantage of a powerful supernatural domain, which includes a single God as well as numerous non-human souls or jinn, both merciful and can be malicious.     Rows of spiritually powerful saints, or Pir Faqir, from whom one can pray and seek some kind of intervention. These poor people do not perform miracles themselves, usually, but they are beloved of Allah and are in a position to somehow stop His deeds in favor of some people.     For Barley Sunni Muslims,This influence continues even after death, which means that the tomb of the powerful Pir Faqir itself becomes a place of religious worship and devotion.     The rest of the 'natural' world, including unnatural animals, plants, weather, etc., appear to be part of God's gift of welfare. There is no evidence to suggest a widely animated model of such things having independent relations ...