We might think that the practice of dowry has been completely eradicated, but the practice is still quite rampant in many parts of India.?
Reuters
Usually, dowry involves material things, but among the Goriya community in Madhya Pradesh, the practice is rather odd. Instead of material things, the brides family gifts the groom a bunch of slithering live snakes.?
?No, really. This actually happened. According to a report in Patrika, a groom was gifted 21 snakes by his father-in-law.?
The Goriya community believes that snakes help preserve the sanctity of the marriage. This particular community is also known to make a living out catching poisonous snakes.?
And poisonous?snake hunting hits an all-time high especially when a woman's marriage is the offing, the family buckles up for the getting the best snakes as a gift.?
Bizarre, or what?!?