Sanctity of marriage alive and well in India

[underpants]

Village marries off toads in bid for rains

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050606/od_nm/india_toads_dc;_ylt=AilCyoPkNW.8zhPE2fDi2lntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

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 solemnized 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 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.

"Our forefathers used to organize marriages of toads to get sufficient rain for cultivation. We hope rain will be coming very soon," said Konica Mandal, one of the organizers of the wedding.

[Zuni]

1. how odd

[tk2kewl]

2. As long as they weren't gay, what's your point?

:sarcasm:

[BR_Parkway]

3. Toads don't have birth certificates - how do they know it was one

male toad and one female toad?

And what do the forefathers have to do with the real world? Hell, ours tried to keep religion from hijacking the US, but it's happening anyhow.

[Arugula Latte]

4. It starts with toad-on-toad

...pretty soon we're at man-on-box turtle :eyes:

[Orsino]

5. We must ask...

...the fundies how their own marriages are holding up, with toad-on-toad love being shoved down their throats.