Posted by: gahugoro October 9, 2008
Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess
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Mr. Vince, I second you opinion. There're many areas that need to be modified and changed. May be a kumari can be made only for a week or so during the time of Indrajatra because the main focus of Indrajatra is Kumari. That way, a festival is also preserved and kumari also doesn't become the victim as everyone is trying to portray her. All the animal sacrifice rituals can be abolished; cruelty to animal and any other rituals that bring sufferings should be abolished. But there're some people, who just doesn't want to see any of newari traditions; they have a big problem with newars speaking newari; calls 'chariot pulling' a joke as if all their traditions are rational. I don't like to play a game of mud throwing. Mr. Vince, if you call this as your culture and tradition and be part of it for the improvements; we can certainly do it and as I said, it needs to go on time and needs to be changed. But I'm still saying that I hate some people calling for the complete abolishment of it just because it's not their cultures.

Mr. Mysticboy, I was going to reply to you, but the reason I didn't reply is that it seems that you're arguing just for the sake of arguing with all your energy to prove it wrong. Your statement saying that 'if Kumari is made from any caste, it can still be continued' reflects your true intention.

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