I first saw this story about a "Kumari" or supposed "living godess" from Nepal on Inside Edition (MBC4). It is really disgusting. Apparently, they choose a girl when she is between the age of 2 or 4 years. She must have perfect features, teeth and skin tone. And then they worship her until she reaches puberty and toss her aside in favor of a new Kumari. Meanwhile, the retired Kumaris rarely marry because people believe if they do marry then the husband will face an early death.
Enter Sajani Shakya, she participated in a documentary about Kumaris and travelled to the US to promote it. She is only 10 years old and because she left Nepal she is now considered to be impure. So, they "fired" her.
So, now this little girl goes from being adored to basically being insignificant in the eyes of her community.
Reminds me of something I read about in the Holy Quran about how men create their own statues and such to worship instead of God. One group of people would construct statues out of dates. They would worship them, wash them and give it offerings etc. But once they began to feel hungry they would EAT it!!! Ugh!
2 comments:
Sajani seems to be a very brave girl.
I sometimes wonder how in this day of age we could still have this kind of thing going on.
Thanks for sharing
I find it entertaining that a Muslim would criticize another religion for human rights offenses
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