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A flaming coconut is being blamed for sending a newborn baby to the hospital in respiratory distress. The coconut in question was being used in a baby-naming ritual by a family in Woodbridge, New Jersey when things got out of control. The ritual involves stuffing a coconut with cotton, pouring vegetable oil inside and setting it alight like a candle. Unfortunately, instead of a candle, what resulted was more like a Molotov cocktail which quickly ignited the wood floor in the family's apartment.
The fire was extinguished before firefighters arrived, but not before heavy smoke filled the home. The five-day-old baby, Rayan Gandhi, was taken to the hospital, treated for smoke inhalation, and released the next day.
That is pretty much it for the story - no other apartments were damaged, the police are still investigating and the baby is apparently fine. But I am most intrigued by this coconut baby-naming ritual. Google is mum on the subject and I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to learn more about it. What is this coconut ritual all about? Who does this ? And how could the author of the original news item leave that part out?
The fire was extinguished before firefighters arrived, but not before heavy smoke filled the home. The five-day-old baby, Rayan Gandhi, was taken to the hospital, treated for smoke inhalation, and released the next day.
That is pretty much it for the story - no other apartments were damaged, the police are still investigating and the baby is apparently fine. But I am most intrigued by this coconut baby-naming ritual. Google is mum on the subject and I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to learn more about it. What is this coconut ritual all about? Who does this ? And how could the author of the original news item leave that part out?
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