Thousands Of Frogs Sacrificed In Bihar To Appease Rain Gods For Monsoon

[undercover JIX]

Thousands Of Frogs Sacrificed In Bihar To Appease Rain Gods For Monsoon

Beng Kutni- the ritual of crushing frogs have been taken up by farmers of rain-starved Bihar in hopes of better rainfall.

All India | Edited by Stela Dey (with inputs from IANS) | Updated: July 19, 2018 17:50 IST

Beng Kutni is the newest of rituals to be added to frog marriages to please rain gods (Representational)

PATNA:

The battle against severe shortage of rain has taken another superstitious turn as people of Bihar sacrifice thousands of frogs to appease rain Gods. This is the newest of bizarre rituals added to the list of frog weddings and ploughing the fields for rain. Bihar has seen a 42 per cent deficit in rainfall this monsoon.

Beng Kutni- the ritual of crushing frogs have been taken up by farmers of five districts of rain-starved Magadh- Gaya, Jehanabad, Aurangabad, Nawada and Arwal in hopes of better rainfall.

The Met department's prediction of a dry monsoon for the state has left many farmers worried who in turn have turned to the Gods for help.

Baliram Singh, a villager of Chiriyawan told news agency IANS about the age-old ritual of Beng Kutni. A group of women are supposed to dig a makeshift water body and fill it up with water brought from all the wells in the village. Then they are to catch dozens of live frogs from nearby bushes and wetlands and put them in the freshly dug water body. After this the frogs are crushed to death.

Taking the bizarre ritual further, they then prepare a garland of the dead frogs and a man wears it. The man then has to hurl abuses. The more the abuse, the better the chances of rain.



The practice is prevalent in many parts of Bihar and people have taken to many other rituals to please the Gods.


Of Bihar's 37 districts, 22 have received 60 per cent less rainfall. Only six districts recorded normal rainfall.

A few days back in Uttar Pradesh, two sisters took to ploughing the field in order to please rain gods. Last month, two frogs were married off in Madhya Pradesh to please rain gods which was even attended by a minister. A similar ceremony was also held in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi city but instead of real frogs, toy frogs were used.

The widespread fear of drought-like situation among millions of farmers who have faced similar situation thrice in the last seven years have taken to superstition as the last resort.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tho...ihar-to-appease-rain-gods-for-monsoon-1886313

 

[GHALIB]

Thousands Of Frogs Sacrificed In Bihar To Appease Rain Gods For Monsoon

Beng Kutni- the ritual of crushing frogs have been taken up by farmers of rain-starved Bihar in hopes of better rainfall.

All India | Edited by Stela Dey (with inputs from IANS) | Updated: July 19, 2018 17:50 IST

Beng Kutni is the newest of rituals to be added to frog marriages to please rain gods (Representational)

PATNA:

The battle against severe shortage of rain has taken another superstitious turn as people of Bihar sacrifice thousands of frogs to appease rain Gods. This is the newest of bizarre rituals added to the list of frog weddings and ploughing the fields for rain. Bihar has seen a 42 per cent deficit in rainfall this monsoon.

Beng Kutni- the ritual of crushing frogs have been taken up by farmers of five districts of rain-starved Magadh- Gaya, Jehanabad, Aurangabad, Nawada and Arwal in hopes of better rainfall.

The Met department's prediction of a dry monsoon for the state has left many farmers worried who in turn have turned to the Gods for help.

Baliram Singh, a villager of Chiriyawan told news agency IANS about the age-old ritual of Beng Kutni. A group of women are supposed to dig a makeshift water body and fill it up with water brought from all the wells in the village. Then they are to catch dozens of live frogs from nearby bushes and wetlands and put them in the freshly dug water body. After this the frogs are crushed to death.

Taking the bizarre ritual further, they then prepare a garland of the dead frogs and a man wears it. The man then has to hurl abuses. The more the abuse, the better the chances of rain.



The practice is prevalent in many parts of Bihar and people have taken to many other rituals to please the Gods.


Of Bihar's 37 districts, 22 have received 60 per cent less rainfall. Only six districts recorded normal rainfall.

A few days back in Uttar Pradesh, two sisters took to ploughing the field in order to please rain gods. Last month, two frogs were married off in Madhya Pradesh to please rain gods which was even attended by a minister. A similar ceremony was also held in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi city but instead of real frogs, toy frogs were used.

The widespread fear of drought-like situation among millions of farmers who have faced similar situation thrice in the last seven years have taken to superstition as the last resort.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tho...ihar-to-appease-rain-gods-for-monsoon-1886313

blindfaith and superstitions lead illeterates or even literates to sacrifices thing.

 

[khansaheeb]

blindfaith and superstitions lead illeterates or even literates to sacrifices thing.

No shortage of illiterates and superstitions in India; I thought there was little that could surprise me from India but flattening frogs for rain wtf? I wonder where are the environmentalists in India, perhaps hiding from a lynching?

 

[Sugarcane]

Taking the bizarre ritual further, they then prepare a garland of the dead frogs and a man wears it. The man then has to hurl abuses. The more the abuse, the better the chances of rain.

Interesting.... are these abuses are hurled at frogs or at bhagats?

 

[Papa Dragon]

UP and Bihar are two states built and governed on the basis of violence, superstitions, communal differences, breeding like insects, perverts, hatred and the most non-civilized people in the whole of India.

 

[DineshS]

How dare they?!!!
Have they no common sense?

Should instead have sacrificed million cows to appease secular gods and prophets.

 

[khansaheeb]

UP and Bihar are two states built and governed on the basis of violence, superstitions, communal differences, breeding like insects, perverts, hatred and the most non-civilized people in the whole of India.

You are right the most uncivilised people are in India.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Poor frogs...

 

[Papa Dragon]

You are right the most uncivilised people are in India.

I meant they are the most uncivilized people in India. You can see worse in other parts of the world when you put aside your blind hatred for India

 

[undercover JIX]

I meant they are the most uncivilized people in India. You can see worse in other parts of the world when you put aside your blind hatred for India

you might be right about other parts of the world, but do they claim the status as India as, Super Power, 3rd Biggest economy and pioneer of technological developments since centuries and lot other claims.

I hope you understand, why India is highlighted always, Pakistan is no where close to India and we do not claim to be anything what we are not, so if Indians compare India with Pakistan or any other African country, it shows that Indians know deep down in their hearts what really they are, but refused to accept the reality and live in fools paradise.

I hope I did not say anything to start any stupid argument. simple common sense and logic.

 

[takeiteasy]

And, we have Virat Hindus who wants to believe that Arsh Bharat Sanskar, going back to the era of Parmanu bum BC 5000 is the best thing to happen. They will vote for RSS into power. Superstitions, caste system enforcement, primitive barbarians. Hindu khatre me hei is selling so well. The problems of Hinduism including new age cult of RSS'ism is often seems to be not acceptable for average soft Hindutva lovers.