Buried in Pakistan

People lie buried in sand up to their chests and necks during a partial solar eclipse at <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100602011360" title="Karachi (Pakistan)" href="/topic/intl/pakistan/karachi-%28pakistan%29-PLGEO100100602011360.topic">Karachi's</a> Clifton beach. People, mostly children, with disabilities were buried chest-deep during the partial solar eclipse on Tuesday as part of a traditional superstition that it would bring healing to their bodies.

( Athar Hussain/Reuters / January 4, 2011 )

People lie buried in sand up to their chests and necks during a partial solar eclipse at Karachi's Clifton beach. People, mostly children, with disabilities were buried chest-deep during the partial solar eclipse on Tuesday as part of a traditional superstition that it would bring healing to their bodies.

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