印度7歲男孩爲阻邪靈入侵娶狗爲妻!

A seven-year-old boy has been forced to marry a female dog in a rural Indian village because his horoscopes foretold his first wife would die young.

近日在印度農村某地區，一名7歲大的小男孩因算命師稱其第一個妻子會被他剋死，家人竟強迫讓他娶一條狗作爲自己的"結髮妻子"。

Mukesh Kerayi had also grown a tooth in the upper part of his mouth - which, according to traditional tribal beliefs in Jharkhand, India - is bad luck.

這位名叫穆克什的男孩，上顎也長出了牙齒，這在印度恰爾肯得邦當地是不吉的凶兆。

Despite government efforts to the contrary, many of the region's tribal communities still follow horoscopes and other superstitions religiously.

雖然印度政府在消除迷信方面做了很多努力，但很多部落社區仍存在占卜算命，崇尚宗教迷信等陋習。

For the big day, the family dressed the dog in a bridal outfit and the village turned out for the celebrations just like a normal wedding. They danced and cheered as though it was Mukesh's real life wedding, it was claimed.

在穆克什結婚這個大日子，家人爲狗穿上了新娘禮服，全村人紛紛前來道賀，當日婚禮現場和正常婚禮沒有兩樣。村民載歌載舞，好像這真的就是穆克什真正的人生大事，婚禮現場熱鬧非凡。

His grandfather, Ashok Kumar Leyangi, 43, said: 'We believe the marriage will ward off any bad omen attached the boy. This is traditional practice in our tribal community and we still believe in these old customs. We feel that it is our adult responsibility to keep our children safe and happy this way.'

男孩的祖父，43歲的阿肖克庫馬爾表示，"我們相信這場婚姻會趕走男孩身上的厄運。這是我們部落一貫以來的傳統做法，我們相信這些舊習俗，我們覺得用這種方式保護我們的孩子，讓他們健康快樂成長是我們的責任"。

"This is definitely one of the weirdest things I've read. On a side note, doesn't the dog look adorable?! Such a shame she doesn't even know what's happening she's just loving the attention ,"JessiCruz from United States commented on facebook.

"這絕對是我聽到過最荒謬的事。換個角度，這隻狗很可愛有沒有？！她都不知道發生了什麼事，只是很享受這關注度吧"，來自美國的網友傑西在臉書上評論道。

"Did the dog say 'yes I do'?", another netizen joked.

還有網友調侃，"狗新娘有沒有說'我願意'？"