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Added on the 24/10/2017 18:19:29 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN
Dozens of Hindu worshippers celebrated Govardhana Puja by allowing cows to trample them in the Indian city of Bhidawad. Worshippers lay prostrate on the ground while other people participating in the ritual lead sacred cows to walk right over the laying worshippers. The cattle, some weighing up to 400 pounds, then march through, sometimes stepping on the back or legs of the people taking part in the ritual. The centuries old ritual is meant to encourage God to answer their prayers and is performed after the holy day of Diwali.
Villagers from the Romanian town of Comanesti don bearskin costumes and sway to music once a year in a special ritual dance which helps them prepare for winter by warding off evil spirits and bringing good fortune. The colorful tradition, which originated among the Roma community of gypsies, is usually performed between Christmas and New Year and is certainly a sight to behold
In the remote Indian village of Bavithram Vellalapatti, women of all ages line up and wait for a chance to get whipped by local priests in front of thousands of gathered worshippers. Dressed in traditional attire, male priests cracked their whips on older women and school girls alike at the sprawling "lashing grounds" of the Sri Achappan Temple in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The bizarre ritual is believed to "drive evil spirits away" and the line of women waiting for their chance to get whipped by the priest can stretch over a quarter mile.
The Mexican town of San Pedro Huamelula played host to a most unusual ceremony, albeit one which takes place every year here. This footage shows the wedding party after San Pedro Huamelula mayor Victor Aguilar took a crocodile to be his wife in the southern region of Oaxaca on Friday, as part of an indigenous tradition intended to bring good fortune to local fishermen.
Customers at a large shopping centre in the Russian city of Surgut were left baffled when they saw several cows entering the shopping complex through the parking garage. Althoug h its unclear exactly where the cows came from, four bovines walked across the covered parking garage and into the mall through the automatic glass doors. Astonished onlookers caught the bizarre scene on mobile phone cameras and followed the cows into the mall to see what they would buy. Unfortunately for shop owners, it appeared that the bovines were just browsing.