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Weird Weddings
In Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, at one time a plate of bride-cake was flung over the new wife's head as she returned from church, and omens were read from the way the plate broke. The more the pieces it shattered into, the happier the marriage was foretold to be.
Jewish women of the Hasidim sect believe that the only person who should ever see their hair once they are married is their husband. And in fact he may only see it on their wedding night. After this she shaves her head and wears wigs for the rest of her life.
In Mohanpur, India, a four year old girl recently married a stray dog in a traditional Hindu service. The ceremony was prompted by an astrologer who told the girl's father it would transfer the evil effects of the planet Saturn from the girl on to the dog.
Each year in Swaziland, tens of thousands of young women gather to dance before their king in the hope of being chosen as his latest bride. The girls spend days preening and practicing for the big event and the chance to trade village life for the royal palace.
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