{"id":1382,"date":"2005-04-19T04:30:58","date_gmt":"2005-04-19T09:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=1382"},"modified":"2005-04-25T21:11:11","modified_gmt":"2005-04-26T02:11:11","slug":"trees_married_i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/19\/trees_married_i\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees married in Calcutta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents in Calcutta, India have married together a pair of trees in hopes of warding\noff evil:<\/p>\n\n

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The marriage between the sacred trees — whose trunks were decorated with\nred cloth, streaks of vermilion and marigold garlands — was followed by a banquet\nattended by nearly 1,000 people. [Reuters\/Yahoo!<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Proving once and for all that it doesn’t really matter who, or even\nwhat, is getting married — an Indian wedding will always be way too big.<\/p>\n\n

Reuters\/Yahoo!: Indians ‘marry’ sacred\ntrees to ward off evil eye<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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