Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-11
FIOR7ID Si-fg. NSTTryOyS.

EOR-t}O St'fHRSTTTIDNS.
CALt ma, April 4.-On Wednesday last.
SUttee, OF teniaie sacrifice by burning, took
place at rhaul, Cihaut
April 2i.- 4 dcratee, who perfurmed the
diabnica ceremony OF swinging, during: tie
last Chw1ack poQjdh, fell from the nook by
wi.cO he was suspended, pitched upOn his
head, and en- ircd Oh the snni
EAPLAA NiIONS.
The ChRrrgch PO2lak is AN annual festival;
It's particular nature has escaped the memory
hut me pictures of the worship, a. il is caiiel
can never escape The recollection of those
who have once witnessed item Various eNrr-
clses of pan and tOrt6Te, and even a,lf iRu4Gic-
sioa are praCtised on this festival % po0j&h.
We haFe seen gangs Of iiuduS vaiinuS,y and
Enthusiastically painted on this feast DAY tho
no coiors are used III any manner without
some religious symbol intended thereby thuS
men vii, be seen with tEeir hoairS pati,ted all
O!He on The right side OF line passing yerti-
catiy IN the direction Of the nose and navel;
ana on the lett side white, or yellow, or
RED blue and red, and blue aud white, are
The most common
gang OF these pa ing along q baZir sing
ing, ciamorously, accompanied by timbrels,
ciaiiOnS, and the small tdmbcur called ton.
toms, Suddenly stopped, parcel OF cord as
tuck as the stem of a tobacco pipe was pro-
duced, and sharp Instrument Win a triangu-
Af Point-One OF the principals among them,
VINO led young goat, soon lighted iIlp Il Ere
ana tue goat was sacrificed {; while nus sacri-
ice was performing, six or eight persons an
peared dancing backward and forward on the
same line, their sides streaming with blood
the cord which had been produced ha been
thrust through hole made in the lie. IN over
the ribs, about four inches above the hiih bone
and on each side OF the body the same cords
passed IN like manner through the sides ot all
those who were dancing; and they Il luced
along, backward and forward, those cords
passing through them /; until it was no 10 uger
toierahle to see them.
Passing to a great cross road where a Falir
hah erected amlniature temple 70 solicit al MS,
theIea stout post about twenty feet higlL-MVs
hXed hrin III the ground on the top of THIS
post, transverse piece was fixed of about
sixteen feet in length, and through a hoi e
therein III which was fixed an iron eye, u large
ircn pin, upon which the tranverse piece ira
versed, retained il in that place SO that it could
play round by means of a long rope affixed to
one end of it; at the other end, there was fit.
ted rope in swivel, which when the trans
verse piece was horizontal il touched the
ground; and TO the end OF this rope was iix-
ell pair 4 hooks at the two ents OF several
strands Of fine twine; these hooks were neatly
polished. and of about the thickness of The
piOngs OF flesh hook, with an eye 20 each
hook through which the strands OF Irvine
passed.
In The muscle which passes down the sides
OF the spine, on each side those hooks were
IiXed IN the muscle, so that the hook embraced
in lis curve, about two inches diameter Of the
flesh the points OF the hooks appearing
through the flesh, outward The cords at the
ends OF which the hooks were fixed, was now
iron The transverse piece above; and that end
OF tue transverse beng lowered so that when
pulled by tie rope at the other end what was
attached t. IL should be raised from the ground
as soon as the person was thus attached IN
means OF the hooks IN the back muscles, and
the rope To the transverse piece, the Bramins
gave notice 10 clear the circle round the post
and an immense number Seziug on the rope at
the end opposite 10 that al which tie man was
| hooked, and bearing upon it the wretch at
tie other end was raised by his back muscles
in The air, aad the people al the opposite end
running round, and the transverse piece ad-
ttng horizontal and circular mofiun--the
wretch waA seen with arms aud Icgs diStendng
swinging at the utmost Tapidity round in the
air, ten or twelve feet above the heads of the
people.
In the course of walk of two hours, above
| forty spectacles of This kind we're seen ard IN
was no unusual occurrence, that the muscle of
| tie back gave way and that the miserable
| wretch was dashed to death. The writer of
this article cOHverSed with person who had
| repeatedly submitted 10 perform this species
OF worship, as the substitute Of another, and
! was abont to perform il again that year the
wounds ON the muscles were visible ef at
| least three operations within an inch of each
| other.
| On the same poqjah vast pagold was moved
on wheels, drawn by isng cable and hnmaa
| force IN tie icryOr of religious phrenzv SIEVE.
! raj persons threw themselves undrr The wheels
| of thai pagoda as il was dragged along and
were crushed to death. tAIuOra.