Worry over ‘evil’ practice

Letters

I ADVISE parents and guardians to guide their children to refrain from an evil cult practice currently observed to be prevalent in schools around the world and now being adopted and practised in schools in the country.
This evil practice involves teenagers drawing up ‘yes’ and ‘no’ answers on a piece of paper and placing two pencils on this piece of paper depicting a cross with one pencil lying on top of the other.
The children then stand around and begin to call out a specific name, which is believed to be that of a deceased relative or friend.
I decided to do some research on this phenomena after learning of children being disturbed and running around in a mad frenzy with some falling to the ground and drooling saliva from their mouth at a particular primary school at Badili in Port Moresby.
What I found surprised me. Many primary school students from Badili and Koki in Port Moresby seem to know of this practice.
I presume that this practice is widespread and happening in other schools in Port Moresby and probably throughout the country as well.
I am therefore appealing to parents and guardians to warn their children not to participate in this evil practice and tell them to spread the same message in their schools for the benefit of every other children.

Eugene Kambut