Woman marries a dog to ward off curse

Indian Mangli Munda, 18, says she is still waiting for her enchanted prince. However, in order to prevent the boy from bumping his head on the curb or falling into a well, the girl must first get rid of a colossal dose of bad luck from a curse. Here is the recipe of your village sage: marry a dog first so that the urucubaca is transferred to the animal.

Far from being just a superficial ceremony, however, the girl's family spared no expense in uniting Munda with the dog Sheru. In fact, the animal even won a chauffeur-driven car to reach the party venue with about 70 guests - where there was no lack of pomp and circumstance, as they say.

The "extreme" measure was necessary so that the girl's bad luck would not bring misfortune to her fiancé and the destruction of her community. "After that, the man I marry will have a long life, " she told The Mirror, although she admits she was not happy with the union. “The village sages told us to arrange the wedding as soon as possible. We had to make sure the evil spell would be destroyed. ”

Standard procedure

The girl's father, Sri Amnmunda, agreed to the particularly costly procedure imposed by the wise men. "Marrying her with a dog was the only way to get her out of bad luck, " he told the website. In fact, it was Amnmunda himself who found the “fiancé” (it is not known if vaccinated or not, however).

"We need to spend money on these weddings just as we would on a normal marriage, " said Amnmunda. "But it's the only way we can guarantee that she will be free of bad luck and the good of the village."

Perhaps most curious, however, is that it is not an isolated case. This is basically a standard procedure for breaking curses. “Many such marriages took place in our village or in nearby villages, ” said the bride's father. "It's a custom that we thoroughly believe."

A conventional marriage in sight

However, residents guarantee that sui generis marriage will not affect Mangli's future life, as she can marry a human groom after a few months - without having to divorce Sheru.

“The villagers say that many girls like me have followed this ritual, got rid of the evil spells, and have happy lives today, ” she says. “I also want to be free to marry the man of my dreams as soon as the spell is undone. It's every girl's dream of marrying a handsome prince. I'm waiting for my prince too, ”she concludes hopefully.