by Jewel Stephen
As part of a bizarre Indian tribal ritual designed to ward off evil spirit, an 18-year-old girl has married a dog to please her family who think in doing so she will rid herself of a curse they believe she carries.
The girl, Mangli Munda had to walk down the aisle with a stray dog her father found, as her fellow villagers in Jharkhand state.
The whole point of the marriage is for the girl to pass the curse from her to the animal, but she wasn’t so pleased with the affair, saying, ‘I am not happy with this marriage.’
Her ‘husband’, a dog called Sheru, arrived in a chauffeur driven car, and he was even pictured dozing off during the ceremony.
Mangli’s mother said: ‘We have to spend money on this wedding. That is the only way we can get rid of her bad luck and ensure the benevolence of the village.’
Although the marriage was carried out in the traditional Hindu wedding-style, it was not legally binding, which frees Mangli to get married to a human being whenever she’s ready.
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