Thursday, February 26, 2009

TODDLER MARRIED TO DOG IN INDIA TO 'WARD OFF TIGER'.

Members of an Indian tribe have married off a toddler to a female dog in eastern india in a bid to prevent his predicted deaths at the hands of a tiger.


At a Hindu temple in Orissa state's Jajpur district conducted a ceremony with all of the traditional rituals for weddings. This included the dowry for the bride or... the village bitch. The parents of the groom were advised to arrange a marriage when they discovered a tooth growing on the boy's top gum. This was considered a bad omen. Some elders in the community believed that more growth of the tooth would lead to the boy being killed by a tiger. According to the tribal traditions the tiger attack could be preventable by marring a dog.

The dog sported two silver rings and one silver chain reported the UNI agency. One-and-a-half year old Sangula married the dog, but the superstition potent force in the tribal and remote areas of India.


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