Here's a strange one:
NEW DELHI - 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 estivities that are part
of a Santhal tribal marriage, Munda said, according to
the report.
whatever. Can you imagine? Oh, and the good thing is
that even though she's married to a dog , she is
"free" to marry a man later. Does she need to get a
divorce first?
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