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The first question which needs to be answered is what exactly is baraka. Wikipedia will lead us to a movie by the same name. Although I haven't seen the movie, I do know about it. Baraka, we are told, means 'blessing' in many languages. Majority of the links will lead us to an American by the same name.  A little lesser know meaning though, summarizes a rather complex phenomenon. Say, this meaning of the word comes closest to the subject matter at hand- 'a spiritual power believed to be possessed by certain persons, objects, tombs, etc.