Naked girls plow fields for rain

[kwassa]

I was going to post this in LBN, but ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56M3G020090723

PATNA, India (Reuters) - Farmers in an eastern Indian state have asked their unmarried daughters to plow parched fields naked in a bid to embarrass the weather gods to bring some badly needed monsoon rain, officials said on Thursday. Witnesses said the naked girls in Bihar state plowed the fields and chanted ancient hymns after sunset to invoke the gods. They said elderly village women helped the girls drag the plows.

"They (villagers) believe their acts would get the weather gods badly embarrassed, who in turn would ensure bumper crops by sending rains," Upendra Kumar, a village council official, said from Bihar's remote Banke Bazaar town."This is the most trusted social custom in the area and the villagers have vowed to continue this practice until it rains very heavily."

India this year suffered its worst start to the vital monsoon rains in eight decades, causing drought in some states.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. I'd roll the LBN dice anyway, this is IMPORTANT NEWS. Post it there RIGHT EFFIN' NOW!

"...bumper crops..." (cue Beavis & Butthead laugh..."Heh heh heh...he said 'bumper'...")

:rofl:

[gmoney]

2. "Heh, heh heh, I'm in Behar state myself, heh, heh heh"

[Deep13]

3. I think the weather gods caused the drought because ...

... they knew this would be the response.

[BlueJazz]

4. Note to Self:: Change European trip to Patna,India. Unless it rains.

:)

[KamaAina]

5. Hmmm... we haven't had much rain hereabouts, either...

:evilgrin:

[TrogL]

6. This thread is useless without pics

[rug]

7. The article has one.

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/articleslideshow?articleId=USTRE56M3G020090723&channelName=newsOne#a=1

Hubba, hubba.

[Generic Brad]

13. Everyone in that photo is clothed!

I feel dismayed and cheated. I want my money back.

[petronius]

8. This may not produce rain, but I suspect there will be a rise in the tourism

sector...

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Naked women should be given whatever they want.

That way, there might be more naked women.

[Iggo]

15. That should be the first, and only, commandment. (n/t)

[trof]

10. Well, it sure works in Alabama.

Just last week I saw...
:rofl:

[Ikonoklast]

11. Some religions are just more fun than others.

I get the "All Guilt All The Time Sex Is Bad" one, other people get "Naked Girls".


Sigh.

[struggle4progress]

12. I think we need more rain here where I am, too. Just sayin, y'know.

[Captain Hilts]

14. If their status is noted as being 'unmarried', they're probably women. nt

[MilesColtrane]

16. Naked girls wish for their deity to make it rain?

Who is their deity, Pacman Jones?