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| Aristronica |
Man in India marries dog as atonement
NEW DELHI - A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death — an act he believes cursed him — a newspaper reported Tuesday.
P. Selvakumar married the sari-draped former stray named Selvi, chosen by family members and then bathed and clothed for the ceremony Sunday at a Hindu temple in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the Hindustan Times newspaper said.
Selvakumar, 33, told the paper he had been suffering since he stoned two dogs to death and hung their bodies from a tree 15 years ago.
"After that my legs and hands got paralyzed and I lost hearing in one ear," he said in the report.
The paper said an astrologer had told Selvakumar the wedding was the only way he could cure the maladies. It did not say whether his situation had improved.
Deeply superstitious people in rural India sometimes organize weddings to dogs and other animals, believing it can ward off certain curses.
The paper showed a picture of Selvakumar sitting next to the dog, which was wearing an orange sari and a flower garland.
The paper said the groom and his family then had a feast, while the dog got a bun.
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| DigitalPhoenix |
| that's a bitch of a wife |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigitalPhoenix
that's a bitch of a wife |
lol:stongue: |
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| leph555 |
| what in the name of ... |
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| Frenchie |
| Another proof that Indians are just plain in' weird. |
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| StanVoid |
| that picture is photochop material so bad. |
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| Aristronica |
the thing is, if this was a traditional hindu wedding, which i've done a report on in history class, then there's this proceedure called saptapadi that was probably hard as to complete in this case.
let's refer to wiki -
The bridegroom gets up from his seat holding his bride's right hand. He then goes around the Holy Fire (Agni) from the right side, by lifting his bride's right feet at each step. This is done for seven steps. With each step, he recites a mantra addressed to the bride with the following meaning.
some other cool -
Val Mara - The groom is led to a small stage where he is “attacked” by the bride with flowers. A close family member of the groom defends him with a shield. The bride does this while circling the groom four times. Following this, the groom and bride exchange garlands (these are the "var mala") signifying their acceptance of each other as husband and wife. Than, the groom’s mother-in-law measures the groom’s chest, and pokes and prods him to make sure he is tough enough to defend her daughter. She than puts kajal on the groom to ward off evil spirits. This is followed by aarti.
Havan - The ritual connotes the actual core wedding ceremony, for the very meaning of the word "vivaah" is-marriage. The priest ties the end of the groom's dhoti or the kurta; whichever he is wearing, with that of the bride's saree, the knot signifying the sacred wedlock. The groom and the bride then circle the holy fire seven times, making seven promises to be fulfilled in the married life, after which they are considered to be 'married' to each other. This ritual is called "phere".
Basically if the dog complied to all I'd be amazed. |
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| smakmagik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
Another proof that Indians are just plain in' weird. |
Another proof that you love stupidly generalising |
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| Frenchie |
| Pretty much not generalizing. They're weird people. |
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| smakmagik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
Pretty much not generalizing. They're weird people. |
There are over 1.3 billion. One man and his bitch do not account for every one of them being weird |
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| Aristronica |
| they do worship cows... |
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