Praying for the souls of dead whales at a Japanese temple
22-06-2009
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A fascinating clip from an NHK documentary that contains a description of a temple in Japan that has honored the souls of dead whales by giving them posthumous Buddhist names and entering them into a registry (much as one might do for humans who have passed away): Other whaling news you might be interested in: A [...]
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