A seven-year-old boy has been forced to marry afemale dog in a rural Indian village because hishoroscopes foretold his first wife would die young.
克日在印度屯子某地域，一位7歲大的小男孩因算命師稱其第一個老婆會被他克死，家人竟強制讓他娶一條狗作為本身的"結正室子"。
Mukesh Kerayi had also grown a tooth in the upperpart of his mouth - which, according to traditionaltribal beliefs in Jharkhand, India - is bad luck.
這位名叫穆克什的男孩，上顎也長出了牙齒，這在印度恰爾肯得邦本地是不吉的惡兆。
Despite government efforts to the contrary, many of the region's tribal communities still followhoroscopes and other superstitions religiously.
固然印度當局在清除迷信方面做了許多盡力，但許多部落社區仍存在占蔔算命，崇尚宗教迷信等成規。
For the big day, the family dressed the dog in a bridal outfit and the village turned out for thecelebrations just like a normal wedding. They danced and cheered as though it was Mukesh'sreal life wedding, it was claimed.
在穆克什娶親這個大日子，家工資狗穿上了新娘制服，全村落人紛紜前來道喜，當日婚禮現場和正常婚禮沒有兩樣。村落民手舞足蹈，似乎這真的便是穆克什真實的人生大事，婚禮現場熱烈不凡。
His grandfather, Ashok Kumar Leyangi, 43, said: 'We believe the marriage will ward off any badomen attached the boy. This is traditional practice in our tribal community and we still believein these old customs. We feel that it is our adult responsibility to keep our children safe andhappy this way.'
男孩的祖父，43歲的阿肖克庫馬爾表現，"咱們信任這場婚姻會趕走男孩身上的惡運。這是咱們部落一向以來的傳統做法，咱們信任這些舊風俗，咱們認為用這類方法掩護咱們的孩子，讓他們康健快告成長是咱們的義務"。
"This is definitely one of the weirdest things I've read. On a side note, doesn't the dog lookadorable?! Such a shame she doesn't even know what's happening she's just loving theattention ,"JessiCruz from United States commented on facebook.
"這絕對是我聽到過最荒誕的事。換個角度，這只狗很可愛有無?!她都不曉得產生了甚麽事，只是很享受這存眷度吧"，來自美國的網友傑西在臉書上批評道。
"Did the dog say 'yes I do'?", another netizen joked.
另有網友奚弄，"狗新娘有無說'我樂意'?"
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