In Rajasthan’s Pali district, scores of villagers turned up on Saturday to draw a boundary around their village using a concoction made from cow urine, milk and holy water which they will believe will keep Covid-19 at bay.
Villagers claim it’s a decades’ old tradition as per which a line using the concoction is drawn around the village boundary to protect its residents from any trouble. (Photo: India Today)
Despite the exponential rise in Covid-19 cases, several people in rural parts of Rajasthan have been indulging in behaviour that could prove inimical to their own health rather than obliterate the risk of infection caused by the virus.
In Rajasthan’s Pali district, scores of villagers turned up on Saturday to observe a ritual they believed would save their lives from the menace of coronavirus.
As per the ritual, villagers gathered at midnight on Saturday in Akeli village, 8 kms from the district headquarters. They used a concoction of raw milk, cow urine and water from the Ganges to draw a 3 kilometre-long line along the periphery of the village.
Villagers claimed that the tradition will protect them from Covid-19.
The entire ritual went on for three hours from 12 am till 3 am on Saturday. Villagers claim it’s a decades’ old tradition as per which a line using the concoction is drawn around the village boundary to protect its residents from any trouble.
However, even as villagers in Akeli village in Rajasthan’s Karauli went on with the ritual, Covid protocol and safety precautions including social distancing and wearing of masks were tossed out of the window by several who had gathered there.
(with inputs from Bharat Bhushan Joshi in Pali)
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