Kaladan Press
Dated:
SPDC Authorities
conducted a Buddhist Rites to Prevent Curse
Maungdaw, September 6: On
morning, the authorities of the
State Peace and
Development Council( SPDC)
conducted a religious
ceremony at
to our sources.
The ceremony was conducted in a stage built by SPDC
authorities by forced labour in
front of the Maungdaw
proper market within one day. The
money is also
provided from public, source
further added.
The ceremony was continued for 9 hours. They will
conduct such religious ceremony 9
times per month and
9 months per year, which was accustomed to
former
dictatorship, General Ne Win, a
source said from the
participants.
The ceremony has been conducted across the country
since that day, the first day of
the Burmese month of
“Tawthaling”.
The ceremony was attended by 5,000
people including District Peace and
Development
Council( DPDC) Chairman, Township
PDC Chairman,
Officers of Military Intelligence-18, Nasaka
( Border
Security Force) officers with their families and other
local people. The Western Command
Commander Brigadier
General Maung Oo also participated in the ceremony, he
further said.
The military junta believed that the “
praying
ceremony” will help the military
junta to prevent them
from foreign invasion and any
curse, such as: the
curse of poverty, health and
economy, another
participant said.
Similarly, the Rohingya Muslims in
also asked to conduct a Muslim
religious ceremony, in
which to pray for the protection of
the country from
any curses, said a Rohingya to our
source. ##
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