Re:Rural Indian Girls Chase Big-City Dreams
by roel_v on Sunday September 25, 2016 @06:24AM
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Fine for washing the feet (I mean, the Pope does that); it's the drinking of the water that's troublesome.
Re:Rural Indian Girls Chase Big-City Dreams
by statictype on Sunday September 25, 2016 @12:36PM
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In reality, it's not really drinking it - it's more of splashing a little of it in the mouth and usually on the head - it does seem weird talking about it now, but the custom does exist and it isn't even limited to villages - though again, I've only experienced this in special ceremonies - not as part of daily life.
I've experienced some villages and I'm not aware of any village custom in which this happens daily but it wouldn't not surprise me if it did exist in some places though I suspect it would be rare.
The sentence seems to portray it as something that a girl is forced to do against a wishes - I suspect in reality its just a custom and they don't think twice about it.