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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:57:13 -0600
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Boy marries dog to ward off tiger attacks
2008. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters)
neighbors' dog in eastern India by villagers, who said it will stop
the groom from being killed by wild animals, officials and witnesses
said on Wednesday.
Around 150 tribespeople performed the ritual recently in a hamlet in
the state of Orissa's Jajpur district after the boy, who is under two
years old, grew a tooth on his upper gum.
The Munda tribe see such a growth in young children as a bad omen and
believe it makes them prone to attacks by tigers and other animals.
The tribal god will bless the child and ward off evil spirits after
the marriage.
"We performed the marriage because it will overcome any curse that
might fall on the child as well on us," the boy's father, Sanarumala
Munda, was quoted as saying by a local newspaper.
The groom, Sagula, was carried by his family in a procession to the
village temple, where a priest solemnized the marriage between Sagula
and his bride, Jyoti, by chanting Sanskrit hymns, a witness said.
The dog belongs to the groom's neighbors and was set free to roam
around the area after the ceremony. No dowry was exchanged, the
witness said, and the boy will still be able to marry a human bride in
the future without filing for divorce.
Indian law does not recognize weddings between people and animals, but
the ritual survives in rural and tribal areas of the country.
(Editing by Matthias Williams, Leslie Gevirtz)
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