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Old 01-27-2009, 02:17 PM   #201
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Two young girls in India were married-off to frogs to prevent a disease outbreak:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/T...ow/3994895.cms

In a bizarre ritual, two minor girls, both seven, from the remote Pallipudupet village in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district were married 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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