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Indian hamlet sealed off on Covid worries after hundreds attend funeral of 'God's horse'
AsiaOne ^ | MAY 25, 2021

Posted on 05/26/2021 12:45:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Authorities have sealed off a hamlet in southern India after hundreds of people ignored a coronavirus lockdown and crowded the funeral of a horse considered divine in local tradition, a government official said on Tuesday (May 25).

The containment measures were introduced after around 400 people in a hamlet near the town of Gokak in Karnataka state gathered at a local Hindu monastery for the horse's funeral on Sunday, Gokak administration official Prakash Holeppagol said.

Visuals from Reuters partner ANI showed people walking shoulder-to-shoulder to the funeral, many without face masks, in violation of physical distancing norms and a state-wide lockdown. Face masks are still mandatory across much of India, which is battling a massive wave of coronavirus infections.

(Excerpt) Read more at asiaone.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: covid19; horse; india; typhon

1 posted on 05/26/2021 12:45:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

These people have nuclear weapons......................


2 posted on 05/26/2021 12:53:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

Did The Prince Who Was A Thousand make the funeral?


3 posted on 05/26/2021 1:20:50 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: nickcarraway

Too bad. I wanted to see a picture of the Divine Horse.


4 posted on 05/26/2021 1:33:44 PM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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5 posted on 05/26/2021 2:27:53 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Twotone

Link with picture: https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/karnataka-hundreds-gather-for-divine-horse-s-funeral-covid-norms-go-for-a-toss-1806291-2021-05-24


6 posted on 05/26/2021 4:00:44 PM PDT by spaced
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To: Red Badger

These people have nuclear weapons......................

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Worse.

We are importing them a half-million a year to take decent American middle class jobs while Americans are forced to do menial labor in our own country to survive.


7 posted on 05/26/2021 5:29:58 PM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: spaced

Thanks for the link. Looks like a pretty standard horse, but if it had miracle powers, great! But why was it ‘lurching’? These articles are fairly entertaining reading but they don’t tell you much.


8 posted on 05/27/2021 6:32:46 AM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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