Monday, 5 April 2010

TAKING A BATH WITH POMELO LEAVES TO REPEL EVIL

One ritual that some Chinese carry out after visiting the graves of their ancestors during Ching Ming time is to take a bath with pomelo leaves that have been soaked in the water.  The Chinese believe that this ritual bath helps to cleanse a person and repels evil.  Sometimes the pomelo skin is boiled together with the leaves for the ritual bath.   It is also used by Malays in exorcism to remove evil spirits.

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