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Luba · 02-25-2006, 05:16 PM

from CNEWS:

NEW DELHI - A seven-year-old girl wed a stray dog as part of a ritual to ward off the "evil eye" on her and her family in eastern India, a news agency reported.

Shivam Munda's upper teeth appeared before her lower teeth - considered a bad omen by members of the Santhal ethnic group to which she belongs, the Press Trust of India said in a report from Dhanbad, a coal mining town.

Kunden Munda, a coal mine worker, said his daughter married the dog only to "remove the evil eye", a superstitious belief that some misfortune could befall her and the family, and that she would be free to marry a man later.

Friends and family participated in three days of traditional ceremonies and festivities that are part of a Santhal tribal marriage, Munda said, according to the report.

02-25-2006, 05:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Luba Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 12,795	Girl weds dog to ward off evil from CNEWS: NEW DELHI - A seven-year-old girl wed a stray dog as part of a ritual to ward off the "evil eye" on her and her family in eastern India, a news agency reported. Shivam Munda's upper teeth appeared before her lower teeth - considered a bad omen by members of the Santhal ethnic group to which she belongs, the Press Trust of India said in a report from Dhanbad, a coal mining town. Kunden Munda, a coal mine worker, said his daughter married the dog only to "remove the evil eye", a superstitious belief that some misfortune could befall her and the family, and that she would be free to marry a man later. Friends and family participated in three days of traditional ceremonies and festivities that are part of a Santhal tribal marriage, Munda said, according to the report.