Doraemon sparks controversy after Thai ritual \u2018breaks tradition\u2019 to stop animal cruelty Shin-Ei AnimationDoraemon made headlines after a plush toy of the character was used in a Thai ceremony to help avoid animal cruelty. Amid record-high temperatures and a lack of rain across the country, residents of three villages in Nakhon Sawan province gathered in late April for a \u201crain-making\u201d ritual. As per The Straits Times, the tradition calls for a cat to be paraded around affected areas, with its cry said to be a \u201charbinger of immediate rain.\u201d However, hoping to avoid undue stress on an animal, locals used a plushy of Doraemon. Doraemon is the most popular anime cat in the world. First introduced 1969 and created by the famed artist duo, Fujiko Fujio, he\u2019s been winning the hearts of fans for decades, remaining a childhood staple even today. However, while many have enjoyed the viral image of the Doraemon soft toy held in a cage \u2014 it\u2019s been viewed more than 16 million times on X\/Twitter \u2014 some people had a problem. The tradition, known as the Hae Nang Maew Ceremony, is reported to require a female cat. Doraemon is male, so critics asked that the locals used Dorami instead. Dorami is Doraemon\u2019s sister and comes from the future just like him. She often visits her brother and Nobita using the time machine. \u201cThis was by far one of the silliest things I\u2019ve read this morning\u2026 I do hope they get rain though\u2026 and don\u2019t sacrifice real cats,\u201d one user reacted. \u201cWhy not both Doraemon and Dorami. Either way it\u2019s hilarious,\u201d another wrote. \u201cPeople on this platform underestimate how popular Doraemon is in Asia. Especially South and Southeast Asia,\u201d a third posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Doraemon sparks controversy after Thai ritual \u2018breaks tradition\u2019 to stop animal cruelty Shin-Ei AnimationDoraemon made headlines after a plush toy of the character was used in a Thai ceremony to help avoid animal cruelty. Amid record-high temperatures and a lack of rain across the country, residents of three villages in Nakhon Sawan province gathered in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}