33 foot seven-tonne Dead whale in Vietnam
Dead whale gets ceremonial farewell in Vietnam
AFP
Mon, Jul 04, 2011
HANOI – Hundreds of Vietnamese have held a ceremony to bury a dead whale found off the coast, believing it will bring luck to local fishermen, an official said Monday.
Residents watching the dead body of a whale covered with a large red cloth before …
A fishing crew on Saturday found the corpse of the seven-tonne mammal about 100 kilometres (60 miles) off south-central Vietnam and towed it to shore, said Nguyen Tien Thanh, a government official in Ninh Thuan province‘s Dong Hai district.
“We don’t know where the corpse came from,” Thanh said. “We organised a day-long ceremony on Sunday to bury it.”
About 100 fishermen were among the crowd of 300 who paid their respects to the 10-metre long (33-foot) animal.
“According to the custom of local fishermen, burying the cadavers of dead whales will bring them luck when they go to sea. It’s a longstanding tradition of fishermen here,” Thanh said, despite whales not being native to Vietnamese waters.
He added that after three years the remains of the animal would be exhumed from their seaside burial spot for re-interment at a local whale cemetery.
Fishermen in the central province of Ninh Thuan buried the corpse of a seven-ton whale, on Sunday.
Tran Minh Vu of Hai Chu fishing village found the floating carcass while fishing off the coast of Ca Na Commune, early that same day.
He managed to tow the dead whale ashore for burial.
The 10-meter long whale was buried near Lang Ong (Whales’ Temple) in the Hai Chu village under traditional rituals by locals, who worship whales as deities.
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They believe whales bring fishermen good luck at sea.
The locals said they will exhume the whale’s bones and re-bury them in the Whales’ Temple, three years later.
Worshippers currently visit the temple to pay tribute to a number of beached whale skeletons.
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Vietnamese fishermen hold ceremony to bury dead whale on beach at Phan Rang
Updated: 05 Jul 2011
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Vietnamese fishermen dead whale ceremony
7-tonne whale is buried on a beach at Phan Rang city, Vietnam
Hundreds of Vietnamese have held a ceremony to bury a dead whale found off the coast, believing it will bring luck to local fishermen, an official said Monday.
A fishing crew on Saturday found the corpse of the seven-tonne mammal about 100 kilometres (60 miles) off south-central Vietnam and towed it to shore, said Nguyen Tien Thanh, a government official in Ninh Thuan province’s Dong Hai district.
“We don’t know where the corpse came from,” Thanh said. “We organised a day-long ceremony on Sunday to bury it.”
About 100 fishermen were among the crowd of 300 who paid their respects to the 10-metre long (33-foot) animal.
“According to the custom of local fishermen, burying the cadavers of dead whales will bring them luck when they go to sea. It’s a longstanding tradition of fishermen here,” Thanh said, despite whales not being native to Vietnamese waters.
He added that after three years the remains of the animal would be exhumed from their seaside burial spot for re-interment at a local whale cemetery.
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Could the whale have beached itself because there are US military ships off the coast of Vietnam at the moment. I watched a documentary which explained how some military ships use very powerful sonar which cause pain and injury to whales hearing system, so they try to escape by beaching themselves. Is this true? I dont know. Research it for yourself
Lot’s of controversy on the Navy testing, there are a number of stories here of whale and dolphins being possible harmed by this sonar, it has been in the news for a number of years with outcry to the possible affects on these and other sea life !