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Training of observers in risk rituals of the Manasa sect of Hinduism and serpent handling sects of Appalachia
… Hindu tradition in India and the Pentecostal and Holiness Serpent Handling traditions (SHS) of the southern Appalachian Mountain region of the United States. While training had no overall effect, study participants perceived the Manasa religious ritual as being more legitimate than the SHS …