… what’s the big deal with men marrying men and women marrying women?
Just wondering.
Village marries off toads in bid for rains
Mon Jun 6, 9:23 AM ET
Two giants toads were married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in eastern India at the weekend by villagers hoping to propitiate the rain gods and end a dry spell.
Some 400 people cheered and blew conches as women put streaks of vermilion on the female toad’s head while a band played music and priests solemnized the marriage to the chanting of Hindu hymns.
The toads were picked up from separate ponds, dressed in bright red clothes and brought to the marriage venue in a decorated palanquin in Khochakandar village in West Bengal state late Sunday.
The married toads were released into a pond after the ceremony in the village about 365 km (225 miles) north of the state capital, Calcutta.
“Our forefathers used to organize marriages of toads to get sufficient rain for cultivation. We hope rain will be coming very soon,” said Konica Mandal, one of the organizers of the wedding.
The village has been reeling under a severe heat wave with temperatures touching 44 degrees Celsius, drying up ponds and creating problems for farmers and their crops.
The southwest monsoon hit India’s southern coast Sunday, about four days later than normal, but it will be some time before the rains wind their way to the rest of the country.
A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks.
Those crazy hindu indians. What will they think of next. Oh wait…those are MY people..literally. They’re in Bengal. *ahem* sorry about that.
Exactly. Bastids.
LOL…I often say the same thing when I hear about some crazy shit done by Filipinos…”Fucking Filipinos,” or something to that effect. Usually, I’m with other Filipinos who know exactly what I’m talking about, otherwise I keep my mouth shut.
*sigh*
Haven’t you heard gay marriage is the destruction of family values and American fabric work? It’s mortal sin although no one is able to point out the scriptures. Fear! be afraid very afraid those damn gay people are going to bring down the country so did those people who wanted to marry inter racially. There is nothing to fear about a toad.
Kiss the toad come on kiss it maybe you’ll live happily ever after as a princess and of course much needed rain.
Personally I support gay marriage it doesn’t hurt my marriage in any way shape or form.
How ironic is it that I support gay marriage, and as a Reverend, I actually can perform weddings … but in the State of Michigan, they have to be man-woman weddings?
Meeta says, “Those crazy Indians, what will they think of next?”
Well, I say, “Those crazy rednecks in Michigan and their stupid-ass Republican ideals … what will THEY think of next??”
I bet they’d freak out if toad was gay.
How can you tell if a toad is gay?
It’s okay because it was a male toad marrying a female toad… just as G-d intended. It was like the 14th commandment, right? One of those 5 that made Moses think, “Nah, that can’t be right. I must’ve chiseled it wrong.”
The toad holds its cigerette a little differently duh j.k.
I guess it would be the same as the story of zoo penguins just preferring the same sex. Oh just google it, I am not kidding.
How can you tell if a toad is gay?
Maybe its warts are accessorized.
I thought it was obvious, what with his perfectly starched 100% cotton pink button-down pinpoint oxford shirt, finely hemmed and pressed linen trousers, and excellent manicure.
Oh, wait a minute. That was me, twenty years ago.
Them toads is good eatin’, gay or not.
yu f’in suck ballz