Two minor girls married off to frogs

[gaurav_indian]

Two minor girls married off to frogs

PUDUCHERRY: In a bizarre ritual, two minor girls, both seven, from the remote

Pallipudupet village in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district were
married off to frogs on
Friday night. The ceremony, an annual feature during the Pongal (harvest) festival, is conducted "to prevent the outbreak of mysterious diseases in the village''.

The girls, Vigneswari and Masiakanni, dressed up in traditional bridal finery -- gilded sarees and gold jewellery -- married the frog 'princes' in separate, elaborate ceremonies at two different temples in the presence of hundreds of villagers.

Amidst chanting of vedic hymns, the temple priests garlanded the brides and tied the magalsutras on behalf of the frogs pronouncing the two as wives of the amphibians before the sacred fire at the auspicious hour.

The villagers threw themselves into the ceremonies with gusto. While residents living in the western part of the village acted as relatives of the brides and those from the eastern part play-acted as relatives of the grooms. The ceremonies had all the usual elements of a traditional marriage including a sumptuous feast.

However, unlike the fairy tale `Frog Prince', where the ugly toad turns into a handsome prince when the princess kisses it, the Villupuram village belles bid their amphibian grooms goodbye and lead a normal life thereafter. As for the terrified frogs, they are thrown back into the temple ponds after the ceremony.

Earlier the 'relatives' of the brides came in a procession to the grooms' houses in the eastern part of the village to fix the marriage and later went to the temple pond to catch the frogs. The frog princes were tied to long sticks decorated with garlands for the marriage ceremonies.

An elderly woman of the village said the ritual was practised traditionally for several generations to ward off evil spirits and diseases from the village.

Villupuram district collector R Palaniswamy told TOI that he had deputed a team led by the district social welfare officer to visit the village and submit a detailed report. "The district administration proposes to evolve comprehensive schemes to motivate and enlighten the villagers against such evil and ignorant practises," he said. But all these years the strange practice has been going on unchecked.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/T...ow/3994895.cms


Mera bharat mahaan.

[mrintech]

It Happens Only in India

[Ecstasy]

Poor kids...

[Ramakrishnan]

LOL Just the other day, somebody married a dog. Now frogs. what has happened to these people?

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

Originally Posted by Ramakrishnan

LOL Just the other day, somebody married a dog. Now frogs. what has happened to these people?

animal lovers

[Coool]

dogzz,frogzz next ants??

[JojoTheDragon]

dogzz,frogzz next ants??

+1
WTF happens in india. )

[Ecko]

Now people will categorize them as what (G@yz & H0m0 or ......!@#$%^& )

[MetalheadGautham]

Never knew india was full of Zoophiles... YUCK!

[Peter99]

When will go off all these superstitious beliefs.

[Chirag]

Did they have the 'saat phere' ?

[swordfish]

^ maybe jumping sat phere

[Ethan_Hunt]

This is a joke right? Look I'm laughing already. Please tell me it's a joke.

[Cool Joe]

So how're they gonna get kids?

[Coool]

^^ by having se* with frogs... (kidding)

[gxsaurav]

What were the parents thinking??? That the girls will kiss the frog & they will get a beautiful prince charming??

[Rahim]

Kuch mannatt hogi unkey parents ki but its really sad...........

[red_devil]

The ceremony, an annual feature during the Pongal (harvest) festival, is conducted "to prevent the outbreak of mysterious diseases in the village''.

conducted annually ??? whaaa !1 that means these weren't the first nor will they be the last!!

sad state of affairs this

[Coool]

Originally Posted by rahimveron

Kuch mannatt hogi unkey parents ki

Is it true..??

[Cool Joe]

It's sad to see these kind of pointless rituals being performed in India. On one side, we're a developing nation, and I'm proud to see all the towering buildings in the cities and all the educated people going about with their work. But then, in some villages, all this stuff happens

[mediator]

^ I guess they are "beta testing" with superstitions!

[Faun]

Lol...such a noobs. Toads are a better option for the continuation of genetic race.
Here is the concept art for the progeny, the kids

[PaulBarber]

Originally Posted by beta testing

It's sad to see these kind of pointless rituals being performed in India. On one side, we're a developing nation, and I'm proud to see all the towering buildings in the cities and all the educated people going about with their work. But then, in some villages, all this stuff happens

c'mon guys - just a harmless (and funny) old ritual. It's not like when these frogs die, these girls will be widows!! What's there...just have a laugh and forget it

[Faun]

^^c'mon guys it start with pulling a leg or two. Then you see head flying across the street to please the Gods of rain and all kind of BS.

[Ecstasy]

Frogs are of no use except for 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'.