Rooster Woes
@gregario888 (1276)
Aurangabad, India
September 20, 2015 3:56pm CST
Came across an interesting photograph in a discussion in the 'New User' section, where a boy is seen wearing a skirt and undergoing the 'murga' punishment for failing his class exams, the punishment was meted out to him by his sister. The 'murga', or rooster punishment, is an old South Asian form of punishment, where the punished has to appear like a 'murga', or rooster by half-squatting and extending both arms from behind the thighs all the way up to the head, to hold his ears in each hand. Needless to say, it is a stress punishment meant for obstreperous ones at the schools by the teachers; as well as for petty thieves and eve teasers by the police, or even by the crowd, if the latter are unfortunate enough.
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@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
21 Sep 15
While corporal punishment, is being taken seriously in India, still there are instance replete, where teachers and policemen, have been able to get away with such things.
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
21 Sep 15
It seems, it is still very much prevalent in India, in homes, as well as schools. There are variations of this punishment, like the standing 'murga', the sitting 'murga', the swaying 'murga', and so on.
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
21 Sep 15
Yes , it surely is, in many cases it can damage the back of the person undergoing it. In obscure places, this punishment is still prevalent, but in others, this can boomerang on school authorities.
