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myLot reputation of 46/100. iriscot (739)   ranked 7,151 out of 38,374 in life5 months ago

PATNA, India (Reuters) - Farmers in an eastern Indian state have asked their unmarried daughters to plow parched fields naked in a bid to embarrass the weather gods to bring some badly needed monsoon rain, officials said on Thursday.

Witnesses said the naked girls in Bihar state plowed the fields and chanted ancient hymns after sunset to invoke the gods. They said elderly village women helped the girls drag the plows.

"They (villagers) believe their acts would get the weather gods badly embarrassed, who in turn would ensure bumper crops by sending rains," Upendra Kumar, a village council official, said from Bihar's remote Banke Bazaar town.

"This is the most trusted social custom in the area and the villagers have vowed to continue this practice until it rains very heavily."

India this year suffered its worst start to the vital monsoon rains in eight decades, causing drought in some states.

(Writing by Bappa Majumdar Editing by Sugita Katyal)

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tags:  farming, superstition, india, farmers, rural areas
 
1. myc_phs (56)   ranked 13,959 out of 38,374 in life   5 months ago

I pity those girls...they are unmarried to say the least. With the advancing technology now, it is very easy to create rain or even to water a field. I guess those farmers must be introduced to science to help them. Here, it is embarrassing to the point of death to walk around naked let alone plow a field!

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2. myLot reputation of 99/100. jaiho2009 (1397)   ranked 133 out of 38,374 in life   5 months ago

What a belief?..With the technology they can ask the Indian government to do some watering like irrigation or deep wells.

Is there nothing the government can do with this problem?


myLot reputation of 82/100. oindy54 (368)   ranked 17,096 out of 38,374 in life  5 months ago

I do not think the government is even aware of it.All they do is to fight in the Parliament between political parties and the whole system in India is very corrupt from top to bottom.Millions of people in India are living below the poverty line and it is natural for such uneducated people to be superstitious.I wish there was an immediate remedy.

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3. myLot reputation of 82/100. oindy54 (368)   ranked 17,096 out of 38,374 in life   5 months ago

This is the most shocking piece of news and very sad indeed that even in the present age of internet and technology people cannot get rid of their superstitions.I wish the government will take heed of this and intervene immediately to put a stop to such embarrassing practices.I wonder how the young women can be treated like this in a bid to bring rain.Catering education to each individual in an over populated country like India is a huge problem and this itself is leading to such false and ridiculous beliefs still gripping the mindset of people in the rural areas.I sincerely hope that immediate action will be taken to find an alternate means to make water available to the parched fields through irrigation.Is the government listening?I wonder

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4. myLot reputation of 88/100. lotterylover (4833)   ranked 939 out of 38,374 in life   5 months ago

Maybe it is more to get them married off. When you hear of the things going on in India I can understand that God may be cursing them.

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5. VladProd (52)   ranked 13,218 out of 38,374 in life   5 months ago

In their dictionary,'unmarried' still means 'virgin'?:) Well,seriously speaking,that's a tradition,you can't blame them for keeping it.Those naked girls don't do no harm.

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6. myLot reputation of 73/100. bird123 (1191)   ranked 9,737 out of 38,374 in life   5 months ago

One has to wonder where all the hard working guys are while those naked girls plow!!!! Watching??? Maybe the oldest customs are the best. We need to do this in the USA. Stop using oil and tractors will stop global warming. Once again we have all underestimated GIRL POWER!!!!!Of course, us guys won't be worth much until that field is plowed. We will be doing nothing except watching.

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