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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