A nun holds a terrapin, whose touch believed to cure rheumatism and other bodily ailments, as she prepares to treat the face of a villager in Kandal province, 20km west of Phnom Penh, May 24, 2006. Belief in the supernatural healing powers of animals such as turtles, cows and snakes is a relatively common phenomenon in Cambodia. Picture taken May 24, 2006. (Reuters)May 26, 2006
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A tortoise caught by a fisherman in Cambodia is being kept at a pagoda where it is revered for its healing powers.
Worshippers at the Prasat Raingsey pagoda in Kandal province pray in front of it, wash injuries with water it has bathed in, and even drink its bathing water to cure illnesses.
The Impressed Tortoise (Manouria impressa) was caught by a fisherman in Kampong Cham province. He and his family experienced strange dreams that night, and they decided to take it to the local pagoda for luck. The next night, other people in the village experienced dreams in which the tortoise told them to take it to the Prasat Raingley pagoda.
The tortoise is believed to be a guard of Buddha. Local faiths which believe in the healing powers of animals are fairly common in Cambodia.
Worshippers at the Prasat Raingsey pagoda in Kandal province pray in front of it, wash injuries with water it has bathed in, and even drink its bathing water to cure illnesses.
The Impressed Tortoise (Manouria impressa) was caught by a fisherman in Kampong Cham province. He and his family experienced strange dreams that night, and they decided to take it to the local pagoda for luck. The next night, other people in the village experienced dreams in which the tortoise told them to take it to the Prasat Raingley pagoda.
The tortoise is believed to be a guard of Buddha. Local faiths which believe in the healing powers of animals are fairly common in Cambodia.
7 comments:
All the monks and nuns or whoever conducted this kind of ceremony for donation deserve to be jailed! This is a hoax! If these Cambodian people have such belief about animal have magic to cure their sick and who know these Cambodian might have sex with the animal to cure AIDS and Sexual Transmit Disease! And on and on... This kind of practice must be stopped immediately!
Religion and belive is the right of the people they did not do anything wrong yet! if you kiss your mother 1:32PM do we should put you in Jail to prevent you from f.....g her?
ahahah...whatever It take one to know one and I know who I am and what are you? Beside many of these wild animals carry infectious disease! There is nothing wrong with kiss my mother and there is something is wrong with kissing a wild animals! Talking about beasitality!
Some one difference from you! dog!
Well! You are a dog eater!ahah
any things can happened in srok khmer..no more true buddhists.. i mean most of them..
Thank to the head of our buddish religion!
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