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salam, --- In [email protected], Satrio Arismunandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: Sunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [dpr-indonesia] Cow drowned into the sea for being impregnated by human > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2:05 PM > > > > > > > > > Refleksi: Apakah tidak lebih baik dibuat gulai, seluruh kampung bisa berpesta dengan makan gulai , sate etc, daripada ditengelamkan? > > > http://www.thejakar tapost.com/ news/2008/ 10/23/cow- drowned-sea- being-impregnate d-human.html > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
