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Phnom Penh - The stump of a 200-year-old tree that was recently felled has become an object of veneration for Cambodian villagers, local media reported Wednesday.
Villagers in Sanlong commune near Phnom Penh said the stump of the bodhi tree, which had lain on its side since being cut down in a road-widening project in November, righted itself of its own accord overnight two weeks ago.
'My dog was barking, so my wife looked out from the house and saw the tree base was slowly standing upright again,' villager Khai Lorn told The Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
Monks placed umbrellas and a tent near the 2-metre-tall stump to allow people to pray and leave offerings, a local monk said.
'The bodhi tree is supposed to be a magical tree because the Buddha gained enlightenment under one,' monk Sok Suon said.
He added that hundreds of people had since come to the tree to pray and remove bits of bark or root to make healing cups of tea.
Cambodia is a predominantly Buddhist nation, and superstitions run deep in rural areas. Last week, villagers outside Phnom Penh held a wedding ceremony for two pythons in a bid to ensure good fortune.
6 comments:
always strange shit stories coming out of Cambodia...only in Cambodia.
If there is 'magical' power in the tree - why didn't it break the machine that pushed it over the first place?
I work in the woods and I've cut trees that been tipped over by strong winds and stumps upright itself after it severed.
You fool above! If you read new in Europe and America you should see many miracle things and about the upearance of Virgin Maryp.
and 9:04PM! if it broke the machine all machine mean to be broke! People do not see the miracle!
Read more religion book, communist!a
ever heard of coincidental? it's coincidental, people. believe whatever, i'm not a believe in coindcidental, either, you know! you have to investigate the surroundings, e.g. the way the land is slope, or whether the stump was severed in the first place. i think only old-fashioned, uneducated, ignorant people believe in such phenomenon, etc; maybe it's good for their spiritual-well being. hey, it's called taboo, look it up! it's superstition! whatever! i won't bet a my hard earned money on it, though!
Miracle? Trees are meant regrow from the roots when cut down. Unless you completely remove it out from the ground. I should say most trees are meant to regrow when cut off.
1:36AM! when the day come for you! it may be too late, communist!
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