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Fake marriage of kids held to appease rain gods in Karnataka
short by Nidhi Sinha / on Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
Young children were made to 'marry' each other on a full moon day in a symbolic gesture to appease rain gods in Karnataka's Tumkur. The tradition is carried out when crops are at risk due to inadequate rainfall. A video showed the children wearing traditional clothes with 'varmala' as a priest conducted their fake wedding. Villagers paraded them through streets.
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