Girl marries dog to ward off evil eye

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Girl marries dog to ward off evil eye

#1 Postby alicia-w » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:34 pm

A 7-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 Wednesday.

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 in the eastern state of Bihar.

Kundan 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.


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#2 Postby coriolis » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:25 pm

I don't know.... Dogs are very loyal. They don't care if you've been with other dogs and they don't mind if you come home late. They're always happy to see you and they don't care if you get fat.
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#3 Postby alicia-w » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:06 pm

i cant stop laughing....
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#4 Postby j » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:41 am

doesn't surprise me at all. You know it's just around the corner in many states that think you should be able to marry whoever you want. Why not your dog, or sheep....
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#5 Postby Pburgh » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:48 am

I think a lot of us have married dogs.
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#6 Postby coriolis » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:54 pm

j wrote:doesn't surprise me at all. You know it's just around the corner in many states that think you should be able to marry whoever you want. Why not your dog, or sheep....


That's B-a-a-a-a-d
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#7 Postby coriolis » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:57 pm

Pburgh wrote:I think a lot of us have married dogs.



Yes, there is the little matter of that other name for a female dog.
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#8 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:26 pm

j wrote:doesn't surprise me at all. You know it's just around the corner in many states that think you should be able to marry whoever you want. Why not your dog, or sheep....


As long as the dog or sheep is the opposite sex of the person to whom it is getting married, what's the problem. :wink:

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Animals can't sign marriage licenses, say the vows, wear the rings, or steal the remote controls.

And again....GROSS!!!
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