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Ping me when they start selling tongue jerky.

The “feast of the tongue” was last celebrated in May 2010 in Colombo on Sri Lanka. For this purpose the tongue of “St. Anthony” had been transported from Italy to the Island nation in the Indian Ocean. St. Antony is also called “Anthony of Lisbon “, and his remains have been taken up from the grave. They are kept for adoration in the Relics Chapel of Padua’s Basilica in Northern Italy. When his coffin was moved 30 years after his burial it was opened and it is claimed most of his body was found to have returned to dust. However his tongue remained fresh, which was seen as a sign of his gift of preaching, and was kept in a separate relic box.

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We have friends from Sri Lanka. They must have a thing about celebrating body parts there. One time, the daughter in the family was showing me pictures of her trip to Sri Lanka, and there was a picture of a Buddhist religious procession which she attended. She said it was in honor of a holy relic— Buddha’s Ear.