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Zahymaka (m)
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Indian Ladies Marry AnimalsOn AFP, via Yahoo News I got this: A woman who fell in love with a snake has married the reptile at a traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests in India's Orissa state, reports said.
Bimbala Das wore a silk saree for the ceremony Wednesday at Atala village near the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar.
Priests chanted mantras to seal the union, but the snake failed to come out of a nearby ant hill where it lives, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said on Friday.
A brass replica snake stood in for the hesitant groom.
"Though snakes cannot speak nor understand, we communicate in a peculiar way," Das, 30, told the agency.
"Whenever I put milk near the ant hill where the cobra lives, it always comes out to drink.
"I always get to see it every time I go near the ant hill. It has never harmed me," she added.
Villagers welcomed the wedding in the belief it would bring good fortune and laid on a feast for the big day.
Snakes and particularly the King Cobra are venerated in India as religious symbols worn by Lord Shiva, the god of destruction.
Das, from a lower caste, converted to the animal-loving vegetarian Vaishnav sect whose local elders gave her permission to marry the cobra, the world's largest venomous snake that can grow up to five metres.
"I am happy," said her mother Dyuti Bhoi, who has two other daughters and two sons to marry off.
"Bimbala was ill," Bhoi told local OTV channel. "We had no money to treat her. Then she started offering milk to the snake , she was cured. That made her fall in love."
Das has moved into a hut built close to the ant hill since the wedding.
Earlier this year, a tribal girl was married off to a dog on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.Since the article is short, I have quoted it in full. My source is http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060602/wl_sthasia_afp/afplifestyleindiasocietysnakemarriageoffbeatI'm personally amused by this, and while I do no believe in attacking someone's belief's I'd like to know what you think about it.
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eveseh (f)
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wowowow,never heard of this yet,sick  is there no men in indian again ,nah wah oooooooooo |
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DaHitler (m)
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Out of all the animals she could marry, why a snake?
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Shagari2 (m)
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Afeni my brother or is it sis, please o, I am slightly confused, you said 'out of all the animals', please o, which animal should she have chosen and why?  |
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Seun (m)
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I have no problem with this. She has a husband that refused to attend her wedding. Hehe.  |
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Badman888 (m)
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so when she is married to the snake, what happenes from there, its even better to marry a donkey |
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dominobaby (f)
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*mops at thread*
i'm 'flabberwhelmed and overgasted'
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Badman888 (m)
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they can adopt a child
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2cantango (f)
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Next it'll be women marrying horses because they've got big  Men will marry sheep, goats or whatever It was bound to happen. |
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Seun (m)
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Please how is the snake going to fxxk her? Marriage is not all about sex. It's about love. So please let's respect the marriage institution! |
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desiree (f)
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Marriage is not all about sex. It's about love. So please let's respect the marriage institution!
 OH my days!!!!! are you being serious!!! marriage institution my a%SS. |
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Zahymaka (m)
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Next it'll be women marrying horses because they've got big Men will marry sheep, goats or whatever It was bound to happen. Hello 2c I'm quoting the last line of the article: Earlier this year, a tribal girl was married off to a dog on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
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2cantango (f)
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Hi Zah Yeah I read it hun Like I said, it was bound to happen. The human race is just becoming more and more feral as morals are thrown away |
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Zahymaka (m)
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The Indian society is highly partriachal. It's only the ladies getting married off. Sacred or no sacred, I'm sure the men wouldn't want to be consigned with a snake or a dog for the rest of their lives. Good ol' men.
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2cantango (f)
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I guess it says a lot about the men if the women would prefer to marry snakes or dogs  Males and females have been having sex with animals for years, I guess slowly we'll see that the number of people committing to marry animals will rise. It's the same as when my Mum was a child, same sex marriages were never heard of - I'm affraid for my angels future. |
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funmise (f)
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That is serious.I can't believe it, things r really happening
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retro (f)
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BULLSHIT. What kind of a world are we living in.
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perculiarrose (f)
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why on earth would anyone want to marry an animal, let alone a snake, what next "Elderly woman marries an ant?"  |
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JosBoy4Lif (m)
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why on earth would anyone want to marry an animal, let alone a snake, what next "Elderly woman marries an ant?" Do you people know about The indian Religions Hinduism and Sikhism? Well in my communtiy there is a fare number of indians so i know that they believe in Re-incarnation, One of the most precious forms you can take is a snake, it is not a bad thing, your soul never dies, it just moves from one life form to another I think in my next life i would want to be a Eagle so i could swore to anyware yippeee |
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ciaragirl (f)
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wowowo that's sick |
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JosBoy4Lif (m)
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It is confirmed Many Nigerians have no respect for other Religions even, Eachothers, what a shame,
Did you know that Hinduism is the oldest Religion on Earth? Just becuase it is man-made does not mean we should disrespect it, chei !
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ldollier (f)
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lol, so whats the big deal here. if she marries a snake we all know what that could be (men). afterall my husband lover married a parrot (ME).
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sade511 (f)
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lol shishi you are too much.
Anyway wonders shall never end!!!
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hot-angel (f)
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2C is crazy. Her replies just got me laughing. lol This is something else. This kind thing i never see ooo. MARRIED TO A SNAKE (im giving the nigerian movie industry a movie name). No seriously tho, i can tell why she married a snake. She lots all HOPE. She was 30 for God's sake. No man wanted to marry her, so she went for a snake. She can stick the snakes tail in her ass when she needs sex. This is ridiculous!!!! |
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LiquidMind (m)
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I HEAR SNAKES ARE VERY DELICIOUS
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