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Man marries dog for luck, then dies
A 45-year-old man in Nepal married a dog in a local custom to ensure good luck only to die three days later, it was reported yesterday.
With his son and other relatives by his side, Phulram Chaudhary tied the knot with a dog on Saturday in Durgauli village in the southwestern Kailali district.
He was following a custom of his Tharu community which holds that an old man who regrows teeth must take a dog as a bride.
"He believed that this would help him avoid great misfortune later in life. However, he died a few days afterward," the state-run daily Gorkhapatra said.
It was a romantic honeymoon, one which the dog will never forget.
Grief stricken, the dog plans to re-marry.
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