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RE: Keyword oft the Week: The fakir and the lost sense of time / Schlüsselwort der Woche: Der Fakir und das verlorene Zeitgefühl
No, we use it exatly that way. But we think first of ascetics from the Indian region, mostly Hindus. However, @soulfuldreamer has already explained your relationship to the fakir, especially to the word.