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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Guchi_Jnr on February 18, 2009, 02:32:24 PM
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A group of Indian tribals have married off a toddler to a female dog in eastern India in a bid to prevent his predicted death at the hands of a tiger, according to a report.
The ceremony at a Hindu temple in Orissa state's Jajpur district was conducted with all the rituals observed at traditional weddings, including a dowry for the bride.
The dog sported two silver rings and a silver chain, the UNI news agency reported.
Parents of the groom, one-year-old Sangula, were advised to arrange the marriage when they noticed a tooth growing from their infant son's upper gum, which is considered a bad omen.
Community elders believed the growth would lead to the boy being killed in a tiger attack - a fate preventable, according to tribal tradition, by marrying a dog.
Sanrumula Munda, Sangula's father, said the ceremony would not prevent him from marrying properly when he comes of age.
Superstition is still a potent force in tribal and remote communities of India. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/18/2495266.htm)
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Umm.... :shocked: Well, not much to say right now.
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Umm.... :shocked: Well, not much to say right now.
There's always this...
(http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4641/tngpicardwtfisthisshitol6.jpg)
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Oooookay. That's gotta be one of the weirdest things I have ever heard.
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Atleast when he calls his wife a bitch you know he means it. :lol:
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/me RIMSHOTS.
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/me throws that rimshot at sits
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Well I heard that indoctrination was bad enough but this definitely takes the cake. I guess if people can believe in something without evidence they might as well believe in anything others might tell them :thumbdown: