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whatever works for you i guess ?

in today’s news …

9yo girl marries dog
From correspondents in New Delhi
June 18, 2003

A NINE-year-old girl was married off to a dog in the presence of more than 100 people in eastern India under a tribal custom to protect the child from evil, a report said today.

Karnamoni Hasda wedded the street dog last week in West Bengal state’s Hooghly district in a common practice among the Santhal tribe, the Press Trust of India news agency said, quoting local officials.

According to Santhal belief, if a child’s first tooth appears on the upper gum he or she is in grave danger that can only be warded off by a marriage with man’s best friend. The child can remarry a human after growing up.

The report said Karnamoni’s canine marriage did not take place immediately after her first tooth appeared because her father’s financial problems did not allow for a wedding at the time. Agence France-Presse

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Liz • June 20th, 2003 at 5:49 pm

if it’s a common practice of an ancient tribe why is it newsworthy now i would like to know. 😛

and i would only marry a pet for the tax break. 😉