In a remote part of India, young Mangli Munda is marrying a
stray dog to fight off evil spirits that
her family believes she has.
The dog was found by the woman’s father. The big wedding was
taken care of by the 18-year-old’s parents, to the dismay of the wife-to-be.
Munda wasn’t pleased with her parents’ selection of a groom, saying, “I am not
happy with this marriage.”
If you think Munda’s father was solely to blame for this
unusual arrangement, he wasn’t. Munda’s mother was adamant about the need for
her daughter to get hitched to the hound named Sheru. The pooch even arrived
stylin’ and profilin’ as most grooms often do — chauffeured in a car. Munda’s
mother mentioned, “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.”
But Munda won’t have to love and honor her husband all the
days of her life. The relationship isn’t legally binding, which will probably
keep this bride from going barking mad.
In this remote village in the eastern state of Jharkhand, the
ceremony isn’t unheard of. It’s just a tradition meant to ensure the longevity
of a couple’s marriage when Munda is eventually married to a human groom. And,
hopefully, her next husband won’t turn out to be a dog.
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