Toddler, 6-year-old ‘married’ to canine to chase away unhealthy omen in Odisha
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By Express News Service
BARIPADA: Superstition continues to dominate perception techniques of many social teams. In Mayurbhanj district, the Ho tribe follows the custom of marrying their offsprings to canine of the alternative gender if their infants develop first tooth by the higher gum which is taken into account a “bad omen”.
In Dadusahi village beneath Sukruli block right here on Friday, two households married off their sons to a feminine canine as each kids had began teething by the higher gums.
Deben Chattar and Noren Purty resorted to the follow to chase away evil spirits, a convention adopted by the group for generations between Makar Sankranti and Shiv Ratri.
Purty performed the “marriage” ceremony of his son at a junction of two roads amidst an area gathering. Sources stated the 2 kids have been handled as grooms and the canine, bride.
