Chan Mon, Independent Mon News Agency
Funeral of a man who was
killed by lightning was held by his family and relatives in Pegu
today, said by a local Town resident.
Nai Htoo, 60 years old
farmer, was hit by lightning while he was transplanting the paddy with his
grandsons and sons in his farm, east of Pegu after
lightning hit open rice field on July 8s morning.
He is tranplanting
in the middle of other people and was unluckily hit, according to a member of
his family.
Lightning strike him in Pegu farm where a Mon famous warrior, Samone
Surk fought with an 7 feets high Indian warrior in the Mon history of 10th
Century A.D and many people have been striked in the
past accordingly to a Buddhist monk in the area.
According to our Buddhism
belief, the man who was hit by lightning is the one who against the Rot Ma
Soon which means Five Kinds of Gratitude - Buddha, Buddha teaching, Buddhist
monk, parent and teacher, an Abbot from
In my experinec
he is a good man when he is in this life. But I dont know what he did wrong in
his past life, the Abbot added.
Normally, in Pegu Town, the lightning in the past hit to the open paddy
farms and dangerous lightning always occurs at the beginning of rainy season
(in June and July) and at the end of the season (in September and
October).
Nearby Pegu
town, there are a large paddy fields with thousands acres of lands. Big percentages of the Town residents and
local villagers are also paddy growing farmers.
Pegu was
the capital of old Mon kingdoms during 10th and 16th
Century A.D, where the Mon people practiced Buddhism and upgraded their
civilization.
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