NEW DELHI, India (AP) – A 9-year-old girl was married to a stray dog in a ceremony attended by more than 100 guests in a village in India’s eastern state of Bengal as part of a ritual intended to ward off a bad omen, newspapers reported Thursday. The girl, Karnamoni Handsa, had to be married quickly to break an evil spell, according to the beliefs of her Santhal tribe in the remote village of Khanyan, the Hindustan Times said. Karnamoni’s tooth had grown on her upper gum, which Santhals consider a bad omen. The girl’s father, Baburam Handsa, a poor sharecropper, could not afford the expenses of marrying his daughter to a boy, so he saved money by making a street dog the groom on June 11, the paper reported. Other news media also reported on the ritual, which does not interfere with the girl’s life. She suffers no stigma and is free to marry later. She doesn’t even need to divorce the dog.
But do they need to consumate the marriage for it to count?
The bitch’ll probably leave him for some pedigreed Great Dane.
If her husband wants to do it doggy-style, at least she can have him fixed . . .
:eek:
Eve, I just have to ask: How in the hell do you come across news like that. I mean, it’s not like it’s on Channel 7 at 10:PM. 
Tripler
Who was the minister, a chihuaha?
I was going to ask the same thing as Tripler.
I suddenly feel The Onion is too normal …
Wow, that is one of the strangest things I’ve ever heard of!
1010 WINS: “You give us 22 minutes, we’ll give you a load of clams.” Scroll down to the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” section.
Yeah, even I’d like to know that! As it is, I missed the report in today’s paper - it was tucked away in some corner on page 99 or something!! The only reason I saw it was because a colleague looking for a specific advertisement came across it, and then passed the newspaper around the office!
I wonder how marrying a dog fixes your teeth? Now I feel silly for having had braces.
“Karnamoni, have you taken your husband out for his walk yet?”
hmm… i posted 1 minute too late!
I saw this story too, off the AP wire on Salon. Wonder how long it’ll be before we see honeymoon photos/video on the net?
Which is the worse marital offense: scratching your ass across the carpet or humping the leg of guests?
I see a Fox sitcom on the horizon: I Married a Dog, starring Annoying Pepsi Girl and Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog!
“It’s our anniversary, dear, so I made your favorite: Kennel Ration!”
“What a great dinner, dear—for me to poop on!”
[canned laughter]
A couple of my friends married dogs. Typically though I think you’ll find they’re really good cooks.
I know I know I know… I’m gonna burn in hell.
Channel 7
9:30 - 10:00
“Halfsie Takes A Bride” (cc)
Starring: Halfsie, Karnamoni Handsa, Ben Kingsley as Gahndi, Hank Azaria as Apu, and Rip Torn as Himself.
Hilarity ensues as Halfsie takes the plunge and marries Karnamoni Handsa, a poor Indian girl who visits the Punjab Pound and finds the dog of her dreams. After being wormed and getting his distemper shots, Halfsie bites Gahndi on the ankle and licks his own balls. “Oh, Halfsie!” everyone cries, as he falls to the floor and spins around in a circle.
Eve,
why is this so strange? I mean, they’re amrrying donkeys to each other to invoke the rains…
It’s just a part of their cutlure and superstitions, if you ask me. What about that little boy that has a giant anaconda as a best friend? His mother even named the snake “lucky”, as she thought it was a good omen when the snake lithered into her house when the boy was just a few weeks old. Snake never left, and when the boy started crawling, it found the snake a great pet. And the snake apparantly likes the boy, too.
Indians now think he used to be the son of a tiger, and has healing powers…
I’ll see if i can get a link for you
apologies, he was Cambodian, not Indian, and not the son of a tiger, but of a dragon. Here’s the story. I thought it was quite cool:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030522/80/e0l2i.html
and here’s the donkey wedding:
I knew it was only a matter of minutes till Halvsie raised his head (and then fell over and spun around in circles . . .).