Update:I switched to this liveleak video because IBN put a nasty pop-up in with their code that I couldn’t get rid of. Here’s to being pop-up free! Oh yeah, if you want the original, higher quality video, here is the link.
In case you missed it in the video:
The infants are thrown off the roof of the Baba Sheikh Umar Saheb Dargah in Musti village in Solapur. This is an age-old tradition practiced by couples who are blessed with a child after taking a vow at the dargah. The devotees also believe that this ritual is good for the health of the child.
While the practice may seem dangerous and superstitious to others, the devotees strongly believe that the fall will not harm the infants. The reason given is that there has been no recorded evidence of any physical disability to the infants.
I’ve been to India and it was an incredible experience. I got to travel all over and even experience a natural disaster (Maharashtra floods of 2005! - I was in Mumbai at the time). I can say with firsthand experience that religious superstitions come in all forms over there; I guess it’s just shocking to see something as unreal as this still occuring today. I’m not going to get into my own personal theology here, however, let’s hope no babies ever get hurt in this manner.
Via IBN Live
maybe i really am small-minded, but how can that be allowed?
the danger to the spinal cord alone makes me cringe.