NEWS.com.au | Man marries dog for luck – then dies (February 5, 2004)
NEWS.com.au | Man marries dog for luck – then dies (February 5, 2004)
From correspondents in Kathmandu
February 5, 2004
A 75-year-old man in Nepal married a dog in a local custom to ensure good luck only to die three days later, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
With his son and other relatives by his side, Phulram Chaudhary tied the knot with a dog Saturday in Durgauli village in the southwestern Kailali district.
He was following a custom of his Tharu community which holds that an old man who regrows teeth must take a dog as a bride.
‘He believed that this would help him avoid great misfortune later in life. However, he died a few days afterward,’ the state-run daily Gorkhapatra said.
Agence France-Presse
Ok people, what would be your animal of choice to marry?
I’d have to say fish… sure it costs a bit to court them and get you house fitted out as a fish friendly environment, but they are cheap to feed, and have short memories.
Oh and if you ever have to get a divorce from one th property settlement is easy, they get everything that’s covered with water!
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