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	Two minor girls married off to frogs

JeannieGrrl

1-17-2009 4:20 PM

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JeannieGrrl says:

Well ok, I guess it seems harmless enough. Some places are marrying off ten year olds to fifty year olds so frogs are a step in the right direction, sorta...

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In a bizarre ritual, two minor girls, both seven, from the remote Pallipudupet
village in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district were <TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><TBODY><TR><TD id="bellyad"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>  <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">married</SPAN></FONT></A> off to frogs on Friday
night. The ceremony, an annual feature during the Pongal (harvest) festival, is
conducted "to prevent the outbreak of mysterious diseases in the
village''.
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 The girls, Vigneswari and Masiakanni, dressed up in
traditional bridal finery -- gilded sarees and gold jewellery -- married the
frog 'princes' in separate, elaborate ceremonies at two different temples in the
presence of hundreds of villagers.
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