Hordes of Indian villagers hurl cow dung at each other in bizarre street fight to bring health, prosperity and rain

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[–]Thymos 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The Ganges is a sacred river that flows through many of the most populated regions of India. It is a common site for rituals, swimming and a source of drinking water. The river is thought to be eternally pure, but it's far from it as you can imagine considering that raw sewage and corpses are disposed into it.

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I knew about garbage but didn't know there's actual corpses. I'm gonna have to look it up.