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Given Lubinda caught it to check whether it was injured, in search for an  \u0301emergency landing, it wasn\u2019t injured.<\/p>\n<p>Different thoughts are running and tongues have not stopped wagging since yesterday with some invoking religious spirituality that birds, are the most harmless, free spirited and good-natured creatures that choose carefully whom they land on or associate with unlike aggressive bees or snakes. They don\u2019t bite or harm but merely sing nature melodies for humans.<\/p>\n<p>One Ancient Greek scholar wrote about bird landings on a person: \u201ca bird landing on you as a person evokes a sense of awe and wonder. It brings a sense of being chosen or you being special. It symbolises harmony and a sense of peace in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Happy Sunday fellow Zambians, Let\u2019s continue to pray and may God bless you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. The nation\u2019s attention was brought to a \u0301rare bird experience \u2018of a little beautiful yellow bird that landed on the head of the sixth President of Zambia Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu at an event in Roma township in Lusaka Saturday. 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