Marriage Rite
Short · Sound effect · 1930 · 136 words
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When Saint Barbara would not renounce her faith, she was beheaded. Her accuser and executioner was her own father, Diaschoras. The instant he murdered her, he was struck dead by a bolt of lightning. Believe it or not.
In a moment I'll tell you about a bizarre marriage right. The load he cast of the district of Houshangabad, India, generously allows a bachelor to marry a widow. But before he does, he must undergo a bizarre right.
He must first rid himself of his bachelor status by marrying a pair of earrings. For a whole year he decorates his ears with this strange wife, after which he may discard his earrings by way of a formal divorce.
After that he's then free to marry the widow. Literally he gets married by ear. Believe it or not.
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