Bhubaneswar3 hours ago
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In Odisha’s Balasore, two minor children were married to dogs to ward off evil spirits. 11-year-old Tapan Singh was married to a female dog and 7-year-old Lakshmi was married to a male dog. People behind this believe that by doing this evil spirits go away.
Both the children are tribals of Bandshahi village. When both the children started teething, first the teeth came in the upper jaw. It was only then that his family started looking for dogs because they believed that the first tooth appearing in the upper jaw was a bad omen. As soon as he got male and female dogs, he got both the children married to them.
Food fed to the whole community after marriage
A villager said that according to the traditions of the community, the rituals of both the marriages were completed from 7 am to 1 pm. After this a feast was organized for the whole community.
He told that the community believes that if there is any bad omen, it will be transferred to the dogs as soon as they get married. Although there is no scientific basis for this, it is just a superstition which is transferred from the elders to the new generation.