Buajan's Suicide Analysis
In the reading, Buajan gave multiple reasons that could be the causes of accidents. The list of reasons varied drastically from sexual impropriety, the negligence of the elderly driver, the ghost near the mango tree, fate, and karma. However, of these six reasons Buajan believes the primary reason for her injuries was the tree, the location (fate), and the negligence of the elderly man. The four remedies for Buajan’s accident are The Khwan Ceremony, merit-making, negotiating a settlement, and signing the release. First, the Khwan ceremony is a spiritual practice used to retrieve Buajan’s “khawn” (ghost) from the location of the accident. The ceremony was done in order to make sure her spirit was not left there and became a malevolent force.