"The songs we sing talk about an old era, a past era, not a new one, " he says.

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We sing songs we remember from our iTunes files back home.

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"All the monastics living at the temple get up at 3.30 am, there's a morning ceremony of lamps, and they sing devotional songs and meditate, then we have a philosophical lecture with a vegetarian meal, then it's a working day for everyone" says Gauri Das.

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The confounding factor is when contestants are forced to sing songs out of their comfort zone, something we have yet to see this year.

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Mr. OLIN THOMAS (Executive Director, Affirmation): When people in Affirmation get together, people want to sing the songs that they sang in primary, which is what we call Sunday School for children.

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