Girl Weds Stray Dog

[KIISQueen]

The Seven-year-old Indian girl was told to wed the stray after her upper teeth arrived before her lower teeth.

A girl was forced to marry a dog because her superstitious family thought her teeth had brought them bad luck.

Seven-year-old Shivam Munda was told to wed the stray after her upper teeth arrived before her lower teeth.

Her father Kundan, a coal miner, said it was a bad omen and had brought an "evil eye" on her and her family.

He added that by marrying the dog, she would remove the eye's spell and be free to marry a man later.

The Santhal tribal marriage ceremony was part of three days of traditional festivities in Dhanbad, a town in Bihar, eastern India.

[clutchy]

did they consumate the marriage too?

[oblongmelon]

where the heck do people come up with these stranger than strange superstitions?

[DaFunkyUnit]

[gwilks98]

did they consumate the marriage too?

yes...yes they did...doggiestyle, in fact.

[Grafalgar]

where the heck do people come up with these stranger than strange superstitions?

*shrugs* To you it's strange, to them it's normal life/culture. Now, if an average American (born and raised) came up with this, then yeah, ya gotta wonder. But to them it's part of their culture/religion/faith whatever.

This Evil Eye thing is actually quite fascinating and is found in quite a number of cultures. A friend of mine tells me about his mom that frequently performs a ritual with an egg to rid their house of the Evil Eye.