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8/21/2009
5:03:01 pm EDT
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Madhya Pradesh Stone Pelting Ritual Continues, 48 Hurt
Author: Calcutta News.Net Source: Calcutta News.Net
Title: MADHYA PRADESH STONE PELTING RITUAL CONTINUES, 48 HURT
At least 48 people, including two policemen, were injured Friday in the annual daylong Gotmaar Mela which the authorities in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district were unable to stop despite a ban on the ritual stone hurling at one another.
The administration banned the ritual following directives of the state Human Rights Commission and offered the participants its full support in holding any other cultural and religious event.
Last year the ritual claimed a man's life and left over 400 injured.
Describing the tradition of stone throwing as 'inhuman and criminal', the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) directed the district administration not to allow it henceforth.
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| This Is The Gene Pool Revealing Its Defects.. | Aug 22nd. at 7:06:20 pm EDT
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kenneth (Des Plaines, Illinois) - Email Me
All those caught at this "ritual" should be sterilized
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| At Least They | Aug 22nd. at 8:34:31 am EDT
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Grumpy Raven (Eagle, Colorado) - Email Me
aren't using guns.
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| What Kind Of A Ritual Is This? | Aug 21st. at 8:48:53 pm EDT
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Maeven (Los Angeles, California) - Email Me
I cannot for the life of me understand why hundreds of people would show up at an event to throw rocks at one another. Maybe I'm culturally ignorant, but this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. I guess the fact that they're not liquored up now is an improvement, but still, why would you go?
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