Women in Nepal are reportedly ploughing fields in the nude to please the rain god during a dry spell.
The Himalayan Times said about a dozen Tharu women in south-west Baijapur bared all as concern grows over lack of rain during the rice planting season.
"My mother-in-law said the God would be pleased and make rain fall if women till the land naked," it quoted one of the farmers, Ambika Tharu, 35.
Men also pray for rain, it said, but keep their clothes on. Typical!!
Update Austalian farmers wives are watching developments carefully.
1 comment:
Quoting Mrs. Tharu from that article:
"I dared to bare all to please the God because we will have to face a very difficult situation if it does not rain."
She makes it sound like "God" is some kind of voyeur.
I don't know about rain, but if they continue this, they might end up with lots of tourists. Which could offset loses from their irrigation trade.
Cheers!
Ron (See Lai)
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