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Girl married to dog to avoid bad omen
 RANCHI — Adding one more chapter to Jharkhand's history of blind deaf and stupid belief, an eight-year-old girl was married to a neighbourhood dog in the certainty that it would ward off evil spirits. The event in a village in Dhanbad, 240km from here, earlier this week included all the trappings of a normal wedding including a marriage feast and dowry.
The girl's father, Shankar Munda, was quoted as telling local newspapers that his daughter had grown "dog teeth" on her upper jaws which was considered a bad omen in a world filled with superstitous nutbags . "If the marriage had not been solemnised, our family might have faced some trouble," he reportedly said. Villagers showed little remorse, justifying the incident. "If she had not been married to a dog, it could have invited evil spirits and the village could have faced serious trouble," said Raju Mandal.
| Okay, I give. Just how in the world do you drag people like this into the 21st century? |
Posted by: Steve White 2005-01-22 |
