'The giant toad ate the sun': Solar eclipse myths from Asia

Name: 'The giant toad ate the sun': Solar eclipse myths from Asia
Uploaded: 2016-03-09T01:20:18.000Z
Duration: 1 min 45 s
Description: Millions of people across Indonesia and the Pacific have witnessed a total solar eclipse. Here are some of the myths about the phenomenon in Asia.

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Millions of people across Indonesia and the Pacific have witnessed a total solar eclipse, as the Moon passed directly in front of the Sun.

BBC correspondents from around Asia describe some of the stories they were told about the phenomenon.

Video produced by Helier Cheung and Saira Asher

Asia

9 March 2016