Nepal's gadget-loving, 10 year old living goddess: Interview
Boing Boing reader Andy Carvin says, "Now that the media circus has died down surrounding the controversial deposing and reinstatement of Sajani Shakya, the Kumari of Bhaktapur, Nepal, I just had the chance to conduct a brief interview with her. As befitting a living goddess - or perhaps a shy 10-year-old girl - her responses to my questions were short and sweet." Link.
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first! if i was a goddess, they wouldnt take the title from me. theyd be like "we dont like you, youre not the goddess anymore" and id be like "nuh uh no you didunt!" and shoot lightning bolts outta my butt at them and theyd be like "ok you can be the goddess" and id be "thats what i thought, motherfrackers"
thats what i woulda done. true story
Well, she can say whatever she wants but she better not think about re-incarnating to the north no matter what! Living goddess or no, China won't stand for it.
Have they set up some sort of no-reincarnation barrier?
I have to say, this girl is my favorite deity.
"Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue - In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20227400/site/newsweek/
that would be a yes, kaosdevice.
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She cant marry nor have sex .
SAD ....
That's not true at all. She's 10 years old, so of course she won't be getting married or having sex any time soon. She is only a Kumari until she reaches puberty or accidentally spills blood - whichever comes first. That means she'll retire by the time she's 14 or 15 at the latest, then she gets a pension and goes back to her old life. There's an old tradition in Nepal that Kumaris don't marry happily, but that's more of a legend than anything else. Plenty of Kumaris get married and have normal lives.