Termin | News China Farmers Fight SARS Spirits with Firecrackers

Pyro · 8. Mai 2003

Chinesische Bauern wollen SARS-Geister mit Krachern vertreiben :blintzel: :

China Farmers Fight SARS Spirits with Firecrackers
Oddly Enough - Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese peasants, lacking the medical know-how and funds
to fight the deadly SARS (news - web sites) virus, are lighting firecrackers
to scare off the "god of plague."

Some farmers in Shanxi, the hard-hit northern province near SARS-infested
Beijing, set off firecrackers in the belief they would help to frighten off
SARS, the official Xinhua news agency said on its Web site,
www.xinhuanet.com.

Rumors that SARS was a natural disaster "brought on by spirits" or "haunting
genies" were circulating in some parts of the countryside, and farmers were
burning joss sticks before Buddhist statues and praying for good fortune,
Xinhua said.

In the southern province of Hunan, which has reported only six cases of
severe acute respiratory syndrome, farmers have invited sorcerers and
sorceresses into their homes to help them spook the flu-like virus, the
official China Youth Daily reported.

Such deep-rooted traditional practices are officially condemned as "feudal
superstition" in Communist China but persist in poorer areas. They have made
a comeback in post-Mao times, helping fill a spiritual vacuum.

But Xinhua said the "superstitious rumors" had exacerbated popular panic
over SARS, interfered with government work to control the disease's spread,
and threatened social stability.
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matchscratch · 8. Mai 2003

Dazu pass ja auch gut, dass der Ursprung von SARS ja in Guangdong liegt, der Provinz Chinas wo fast alle Knallkörperketten bzw. Celebration Crackers hergestellt werden

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