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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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Fred crumbly (not verified) — Sat, 10/25/2008 - 5:05pm
3rd world fucktards...
why couldn't the cow throw it's clothes (the blanket) into the sea and become pure again like the village elder did?
no wonder the rest of the planet would never want to visit the shit-hole Jakarta
A. Farker (not verified) — Sat, 10/25/2008 - 5:04pm
What a waste of an easy woman
Louay (not verified) — Sat, 10/25/2008 - 4:18pm
what worries me more, it is already a "local traditional ritual".
VoiceOfReason (not verified) — Sat, 10/25/2008 - 1:50pm
Gotta love when stupid superstition gains traction over actual reason. Want to know how to really tell this isn't true? There aren't millions of Welsh/Irish/Texan cow-/sheep-humans.
Bite me, proto-humans. Let me know when you've evolved to the point where you can do away with silly shit like this.
BobS (not verified) — Sat, 10/25/2008 - 1:30pm
this story is UDDERLY ridiculous!
Sammy (not verified) — Sat, 10/25/2008 - 12:01pm
well i suppose as Indonesian and the neutral one
i think what cucimata said is not entirely correct,,,
I'm not trying to defend foreigners, but simply just being realistic
this country and the people is very poor not only with their belongings but also with their conscience,,,
if we could only be honest to ourselves that this country is too proud to learn from other countries,,,I've seen the world and many countries and they all have their own way to dealt with their own negative customs. But the main idea here is either we want to preserve the traditional way (which is if it's making people suffered it would be better to correct it) or to absorb the international way of doing things right,,,
peace
Culprit (not verified) — Sat, 10/25/2008 - 7:01am
hope this news does not reach india...
Edt (not verified) — Sat, 10/25/2008 - 3:16am
to kevin,so this country is so backwards..? bloody hell because a cow?..geez mate..living abroad for more than a decade made me realise that you are civilised because of your GDP regardless if you are a petrol sniffer or paedophile, am not complaining about bule or whatever they called in indonesia,yes indonesia might be far behind compare to all western countries,but to call it backwards its a bit too much,and for all indonesians we shuould not be hot headed,we are aware what problems that our tanah air need to deal with,but we moved forward against all the odss,peace be upon motherland :)
Kevin f (not verified) — Fri, 10/24/2008 - 10:09pm
and Cucimata.....the other problem is THE BULE are the only people that seem to care about Indonesia!!!!!!! Indonesian's just sit back and 'let it be'....worry about a safety airline ban and complain versus fixing the problem!!!!!
yes, this country is backward......but you can complain....or you can try and do something?!?! i can see you are like the other 95% that like to complain!!
Kevin f (not verified) — Fri, 10/24/2008 - 10:06pm
Cucimata, stop being so lame.
yes, all the bule think this is stupid as hell.
first, the cow gets killed....versus really looking at the problem of the man has issues. second, killed in such a cruel way. third, what's being done to prevent him from finding a new cow?
magic rice, water to gas, and kill the cow!!
maybe you should stop worrying about what other bule think of this country and start taking responsibility for your own country's actions.......
.....the police and government are out of control corrupt.....pln can't supply enough electric because they let the business owners steal the electric (for a small bribe) - the real underlaying issue, and education isn't taken very serious.....
the rich get reduced sentences....where's tommy now? the legal system is in shambles.....you're poor because you and others don't care to stop this abuse of power!!