Tag: Black magic

Possible involvement in a black magic ritual with electoral consequences. Authorities then launched an investigation to determine if the coconut had meddled in the election. That same week, as local outlet Minivan News reported, a young coconut (known as a kurumba) inscribed with Arabic verses was found in a home garden. That’s why the coconut near the polling station caused alarm: It had been inscribed with a verse, and its presence suggested possible foul play. But coconuts have been used in black magic rituals, particularly during politically tense times in the Maldives, because they represent “a life structure,” Ajnaadh Ali, the president of the Spiritual Healers of the Maldives organization, noted in 2013. Which means that in black magic rituals, coconuts are believed to make spells even more potent. “During elections, black magic is used to gain votes and make people ill,” Ali said. Yet as Himal Magazine notes, the coconut incidents of late brought more visibility to the Maldives beyond being a tourist destination for the affluent: It shed light on the region’s longstanding political turmoil. (Yameen eventually won.) While some residents genuinely believed that someone used these coconuts in a malevolent black magic ritual, others saw it as a way to detract from political problems which remain stubbornly resistant to magical solutions.