Story behind the 'curse' - December 3, 2003
Wire reports are carrying the story of the German tourist cursed
by picking up a shard from a temple (such as in the Sydney
Morning Herald, 'Curse of the emerald shard', December 1,
2003). It is reported as another completely true, but weird, story
from Thailand.
It is interesting to note that the Thai-language press treats
this as more of a publicity stunt and The Nation, as usual,
gives some further background: The leader of a tour guide association
yesterday said that tour guides were not to blame. Authorities
normally treated fragments chipped off historical structures as
scrap, said Thailand Guide Association president Charupol Ruengkate.
He did not think it was illegal or immoral to pick up a glass
fragment from the ground, Charupol said. If the German tourist
had not picked up the glass shard, it would have been thrown away,
he added. "I do believe the story, but I don't understand
what the TAT's purpose is in disclosing the information,"
he said. ('German tourist picks up bad karma' Dec 01, 2003).
Story behind the ‘curse’
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