Thursday, September 25, 2014

Belief of indigenous community in using a buffalo blood

You probably wonder why ...?


... and you also probably wonder what these people are doing with this buffalo and what will they use it.


For those who know about indigenous communities; these two photos will not surprise them. However, those who are not familiar with indigenous people communities may consider these photos and story below.  The story could be a very strange and want to read more.

The villagers will kill this buffalo and will use the blood for cleaning all bad things in their village, according to Sarun Linh (សារុន លីញ) who is an indigenous people and is citizen journalist in Ratanakiri.

A woman was pregnant after her husband left her a year ago. (They divorced). The tribal chief and villagers in the village consider this as a bad thing in their community and they need to wash the whole village using the blood from the buffalo.

This story happen on September 25th, 2014 in Lower Sea village (ភូមិ​សមុទ្រ​ក្រោម), Seda commune, Lumphat district, Ratanakiri.

Report and photos by Sarun Linh (សារុន លីញ), citizen journalist in Ratanakiri 

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