Re: Family of five beheaded by mob in India for “witchcraft”
Rain answers naked women ploughing over late monsoon
Women who ploughed naked, dancing eunuchs and frog collectors have had their prayers answered by the start of monsoon in parched parts of northern India.
The rains were late in many areas, prompting fears of deep drought as people turned to age-old rituals and superstitions, as well as mainstream religious ceremonies, to appease the Hindu rain god Indra.
Women in several districts in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh ploughed their fields in the nude at night.
In Bhopal, where delayed monsoon has severely affected the city’s water supply system, eunuchs sung and danced on the parched Upper Lake at the request of a local political leader.
In the Malwa region, people caught frogs and laid them together on the ground to make them utter loudly the sound which is believed to bring rain.
In some areas superstitions received the support of the establishment, but in others officials described it as panic.
R S Gupta, a senior government official in Uttar Pradesh, said: "What we are witnessing is a panic reaction to a delayed monsoon. The possibility of a drought is beginning to look very real and people are desperate enough to do anything to prevent it from happening."
At Koraiah village in Uttar Pradesh, where women stripped naked in the fields, Phoolwati Bisaria, a farmhand’s wife, said: “We will do everything we can to make god have mercy on us. He is angry with us because we were arrogant. Tilling the field without clothes is an act of penance. It is intended to show our humility.”
The practice derives inspiration from an ancient legend in which a king and his wife ploughed fields in the nude to force the rain god to bestow water and end a long drought.
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Rahul67
Buddy, you cannot equate this with illetracy. This is purely Religious. These people are admitting it clearly…
