"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.'"
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56M3G020090723
I think that naked elderly village women might embarrass the weather gods even more.
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Conan said when the farmers were asked if this really helps, their answer was, "who cares?" lol
I don't believe it without photos.
Did it rain............?
Patna, India Weather Forecast
I did not doctor that screenshot other than to add the red lines.
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