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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Hanuman

Hanuman, a prominent divine entity in Hinduism, is a Human-like monkey god. He bestows courage, strength and longevity to the person who thinks about him or the god Rama.In Buddhism, the monkey is an early incarnation of Buddha but may also represent trickery and ugliness.

The Chinese Buddhist "mind monkey" metaphor refers to the unsettled,
restless state of human mind. Monkey is also one of the Three Senseless Creatures, symbolizing greed, with the tiger representing anger and the deer lovesickness.

The Mizaru, or three wise monkeys, are revered in Japanese folklore,
together they embody the proverbial principle to
"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped nature.

They placed emphasis on animals and often depicted monkeys in their art.Monkey brains are eaten as a delicacy in parts of South Asia, Africa and China. In traditional Islamic dietary laws, the eating of monkeys is forbidden.

However, monkeys are sometimes eaten in parts of Africa, where they can be sold as "bushmeat

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