Indian village marries off toads in bid for rains

[emad]

KHOCHAKANDAR, India (Reuters) - Two giants toads were married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in eastern India at the weekend by villagers hoping to propitiate the rain gods and end a dry spell.

Some 400 people cheered and blew conches as women put streaks of vermilion on the female toad's head while a band played music and priests solemnised the marriage to the chanting of Hindu hymns.

The toads were picked up from separate ponds, dressed in bright red clothes and brought to the marriage venue in a decorated palanquin in Khochakandar village in West Bengal state late on Sunday.

The married toads were released into a pond after the ceremony in the village about 365 km (225 miles) north of the state capital, Calcutta.
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UK's Thames Water, please note...if all else fails....

[BlueJazz]

1. One of the Female Toads was concerned that her Husband...

...was getting rather old and their marriage might be short-lived if he got sick and Croaked.

[sui generis]

2. yes but he takes his vitamins, does yoga and is really into

hip hop

[BlueJazz]

6. Ah..That's true....Perhaps he could start off exercising....

with a song that he would be more comfortable doing, like
Van Halen's "Jump"

[Deja Q]

3. And they host servers containing our social security #s...

If I wasn't :scared: before, I am now.

Did they make sure they were heterosexual toads?

And did they check the toads for toady STDs before getinng them to go jiggy with each other?

Will it now rain? Or rain toads once the female deposits all 80 thousand of her eggs?

[crispini]

7. Hahahahahaha!

Well, I like toads, so that's kinda cute....

[peekaloo]

4. paging Rev. Moon..........

[AntiCoup2K4]

5. official portrait of the happy couple