In this era of science and technology, superstitions and blind beliefs still exist in human society with parents getting their children married to animals to protect their families from evilness.
Such an incidence has been witnessed at Baria village under Sukruli block in tribals-dominated Mayurbhanj district.
Reports said that a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, daughter of one Bibhishana Chatar, had two crooked teeth, which is very common these days. Considering it as a ‘bad omen’, her family got her married to a dog on the final day of Mage, a tribal festival, as per their tribal tradition.
Without opposing the act, villagers attended the wedding and blessed the “newlywed bride”.