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Cow drowned into the sea for being impregnated by human
Thu, 10/23/2008 10:59 AM | Bali
(JP/Alit Kertaraharja)
Villagers from Julah in Tejakula, Buleleng, tow (see photo) a pregnant cow behind a boat into open sea as part of a local traditional ritual.
The cow, which is five months pregnant, was thrown out to the sea about 3 kilometers from land Monday. The villagers believe the animal was impregnated by a village elder.
During the ritual the man, who was caught red-handed having sexual intercourse with the cow two months ago, joined the boat trip in order to throw away his clothes to to symbolize him discarding his sins.
Julah customary village head Ketut Sidemen said the ritual, called gamya gamana, or freak weeding, and had been conducted there for generations. The decision to perform the ritual was made a local residents meeting.
In line with customary regulations, the perpetrator, identified only as PS, 70, was sanctioned to fund the expensive ceremony, which aimed to cleanse him of any bad influences.
Luh Ketut Suryani, a professor and activist, deplored the sancation against PS.
She said drowning a cow was baseless because sexual intercourse between a human being and am animal could not cause pregnancy due to the different chromosomes and genes of the two.
"The cow is not guilty, why shoud it be drowned? Why don't just use a symbol like what was done by the perpetrator?" she said.
Suryani's said she was concerned dealt with the financial situation of the owner, who lives below the poverty line.
"The cow, which has a high price, had to be thrown away. It will be a pity for the owner, who is already poor and is now forced to lose his priceless belonging." -- JP/Alit Kertaraharja
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Lianto Osa (not verified), Jakarta — Wed, 11/18/2009 - 9:56pm
this animal cruelty makes me very sick.Abt (not verified), PNG — Thu, 11/05/2009 - 8:34am
Well... I bet that guy must be from BENDERA group.. Dont worry guys.. We, malaysian will never claim this ritualas ours. Dont worry!WF's Resident Retard (not verified), None of your business — Tue, 11/03/2009 - 6:44pm
Right... so let me get this straight. A cow, FIVE months pregnant, is drowned because a man was caught having intercourse with it TWO months ago. Brilliant maths there, folks.PatrickJB (not verified), Surabaya — Wed, 09/30/2009 - 6:11pm
Cow drowned into the sea for being impregnated by human? You (Indonesian) have nothing better to think, but gossiping and rumor-mongering. Scientifically, a human sperm can’t make any animals conceive. Idiotic lots.Chaos (not verified) — Tue, 06/30/2009 - 2:16pm
If the pregnancy had been true, and left to term, it could have produced a minotaur.
Poor cow being drowned for what a sick old pervert did to it.
Mattie.b (not verified) — Thu, 05/14/2009 - 7:35pm
hahahahahahaha! "got im red handed"
Money Honey (not verified) — Wed, 04/22/2009 - 4:06am
Ha ha ha wow this is sick! It's bad enough the cow was impregnated bya human but c'mon being drowned for it. It's a shame what people do. I hope this guy's penis has a whole lot of milk up in it!
GOT MILK!!!!!!
Pandu Truhandito (not verified) — Thu, 03/19/2009 - 5:59pm
"The cow is not guilty, why shoud it be drowned?" - that is so true
Sg (not verified) — Fri, 01/30/2009 - 5:58pm
Did anyone ask the cow if this was consensual sex? If the old guy was 70 and the cow was old enough to bear offspring perhaps what these two did in the privacy of their own barn is no one else's business. Still the drowning of the cow is a very mooooving story.
B. DuPuis (not verified) — Thu, 01/29/2009 - 11:07pm
In heat during pregnancy??? Ummmm no! And, oh yeah, besides that, that man is DISGUSTING!!!! It wouldn't matter if the cow was in heat, that is so disgusting I'm seriously about to vomit right now!!!!!