Mass Possession At School
Last week dozens of school children became possessed in the same way as the adults do at the annual Vegetarian Festival here in Southern Thailand. Teachers called in ambulances. This has happened before in Southern Thailand, there is good documentation on one website that I found, and their interpretation of what was happening. I put a link to it to the title above.
It was on Thai t.v. news, but I couldn't find it on the English internet Thai news sites. I will keep looking in the next few days for something about it on the internet, but it will probably be a private resource because this is probably going to be viewed as something a little embarassing to the country.
It was not a welcome event, in any case, at a school. At the Vegetarian Festival, however, thousands of adults, both men and women, believe they are chosen by the spirits to be possessed. They are then skewered with metal rods, usually in their mouths, and parade in groups going to houses and businesses to bless the occupants who have prepared a table for the spirit ceremony for them, including special food and tea.
It was on Thai t.v. news, but I couldn't find it on the English internet Thai news sites. I will keep looking in the next few days for something about it on the internet, but it will probably be a private resource because this is probably going to be viewed as something a little embarassing to the country.
It was not a welcome event, in any case, at a school. At the Vegetarian Festival, however, thousands of adults, both men and women, believe they are chosen by the spirits to be possessed. They are then skewered with metal rods, usually in their mouths, and parade in groups going to houses and businesses to bless the occupants who have prepared a table for the spirit ceremony for them, including special food and tea.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080820-155831/Classes-stopped-as-possessed-students-alarm-Mindoro-school
Are these incidents quite common? What seem to have caused them? And why in scools? It would be good to see updates on this.