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Related: About this forumMaldives Police Take Coconut Into Custody Under Suspicion It Is Magical
A coconut has been detained by Maldivian police on suspicion of vote-rigging in a key presidential election.
The coconut, described as "young", was found near a school that will be used as a polling station on Saturday on the remote Kaafu atoll, one of the hundreds of islands that comprise the Indian Ocean archipelago state.
Though the population of the Maldives is Sunni Muslim, continuing belief in magic is widespread in rural areas. Coconuts are often used in rituals and inscribed with spells.
The hundreds of thousands of international tourists who travel to the Maldives usually stay in isolated resorts and have no contact with local people other than staff.
The local Minivan news website reported that police "took the coconut into their possession" around 7.05am on Tuesday, after they received a complaint about the suspicious fruit near the school on the Guraidhoo Island, which lies 130 miles from the capital, Male, and has a population of around 2,000.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/coconut-detained-maldives-vote-rigging
The coconut, described as "young", was found near a school that will be used as a polling station on Saturday on the remote Kaafu atoll, one of the hundreds of islands that comprise the Indian Ocean archipelago state.
Though the population of the Maldives is Sunni Muslim, continuing belief in magic is widespread in rural areas. Coconuts are often used in rituals and inscribed with spells.
The hundreds of thousands of international tourists who travel to the Maldives usually stay in isolated resorts and have no contact with local people other than staff.
The local Minivan news website reported that police "took the coconut into their possession" around 7.05am on Tuesday, after they received a complaint about the suspicious fruit near the school on the Guraidhoo Island, which lies 130 miles from the capital, Male, and has a population of around 2,000.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/coconut-detained-maldives-vote-rigging
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Maldives Police Take Coconut Into Custody Under Suspicion It Is Magical (Original Post)
Initech
Sep 2013
OP
I can see the teabaggers picking up this claim when they don't like voting outcomes.
valerief
Sep 2013
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valerief
(53,235 posts)1. I can see the teabaggers picking up this claim when they don't like voting outcomes.
Only they'll have magic teabags.
"suspicious fruit"
"hatless, repeat hatless"
Thanks for making me laugh.
csziggy
(34,131 posts)2. As long as they don't migrate - or catch a lift from an African Swallow
Initech
(100,034 posts)3. African or European?