Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: January 31, 2009
Tags : girl marries dog, India, WTF
Locals in the Munda Dhanda village in Jharkhand, India have married a young girl to a stray dog to ward off evil spirits.
The villagers believed that the girl’s family was endangered “by a malevolent spirit that could be assuaged in no other way, ” and that the marriage is a way to “overcome any curse that might fall upon the unfortunate family.”
Reuters managed to grab footage of the marriage ceremony. We’re all for tolerance of different cultures, but this is seriously bizarre.
(via WeirdAsianNews)
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Feb 19, 2009
“We're all for tolerance for different cultures…….”
Tolerance is a trait found in those lacking moral conviction. And with that kind of attitude, stuff like this will continue to happen.
Jan 19, 2012
It could have have been a tree. Villages are superstitious places. They are backward in many ways. That does not mean the people are bad. They simply don't know any better and hang on to ritualistic behavior since they are by and large, helpless to control their own destiny. If the girl's horoscope said (and by this, I mean the birth chart made for every person telling their destiny) that the first marriage will end in death, there have been cases where the bride was married to a tree first so that the real marriage would be considered safe. We cross our fingers. Big deal.