Paralysed Kids Buried For Solar Eclipse Cure
Pakistani parents have buried paralysed children at a river bank in the hope a total eclipse of the sun would allow them to walk. Skip related content
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Two disabled girls and a boy covered up to their heads into the Indus River bank in the southern city of Hyderabad.
They stayed there for 90 minutes while a spiritual leader recited from the Koran.
The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century plunged millions across Asia into temporary darkness on Wednesday.
It triggered scenes of religious fervour, fear and excitement in India and China.
"Whenever there's a solar eclipse, I go to Hyderabad to help heal suffering humanity," said Arif Shah, who read from the Koran.
"Allah bestows powers in the paralysed parts of handicapped people during an eclipse and certainly heals them," he said.
Nadeem, the father of four-year-old Palwasha whose left side is paralysed, said he had great hopes that his daughter's health would improve.
"I don't mind if she doesn't recover fully but, if it helps her recover to a certain extent, it will be enough to make us happy," he said.
People in the southern province of Sindh believe the solar eclipse offers special treatment to people suffering from a variety of ailments.
"Our society believes in myths. Such methods are all based on myths and have nothing to do with medical science," said psychiatrist Syed Ali Wasif.
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