Cambodia royal cows predict poor harvest
Cambodia's royal oxen refused to eat any rice grain yesterday during an ancient ritual to predict the country's agricultural fortunes, raising fears of a poor rice harvest among superstitious citizens.
The rice, corn, beans and sesame represent the harvest -- the more the oxen eat the better. If they go for the grass, it predicts illness, while drinking water signals floods and sipping alcohol warns of war.
On Wednesday the oxen ate only beans and corn, prompting the palace's chief astrologer Kang Ken to declare a shortage of rice production.
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