Rebirth of India: Superior

Amisa was just about to refute, asking why the government didn't try to improve the quality and education of its citizens, but then she thought of the previous debate with Shakru. Shakru's point of view was very simple: India currently has too many people. Each family has five or six children, so it is difficult to ensure that all children receive higher education; the government's financial capacity is limited and it is impossible to invest too much in education; the privileged class does not want the people at the bottom to know too much, otherwise it will be difficult to manage. ●⌒These three factors have caused the quality and education level of the people at the bottom of India to be high no matter what.

So when Amisa watched a snake charmer hold the snake's neck with one hand and pour milk down the cobra's head with the other hand, while the people next to him were worshiping, she was suddenly shocked by this originally sacred and solemn scene. , I don’t know why I feel extremely ironic at this moment!

Before Amisa knew it, everyone had passed through the crowd and arrived at the main hall of the Snake Temple. There was a buzz of people outside the hall, and there were also crowds inside the hall. Liu Zian pulled Shaklu and asked in a low voice: " Lao Sha, why are these women placing copper pots next to the statues?”

Shakru explained in a low voice: "Because people believe that the snake god is a symbol of vitality, it can make infertile women fertile and make weak children live longer. Therefore, infertile couples often bring offerings to the temple to pray for snakes. God gives children to themselves, and there are also rules. The woman who wants a child must donate bronze vessels to the temple. If she really has a child in the future, the couple will come to the temple together and cook with the bronze vessels they donated. Milk and rice porridge are given to those who come to worship."

"Hehe, this snake god is really busy. He even took away the job of sending Guanyin away."

Upon hearing Liu Zian's teasing words, Shaklu was shocked. After checking around and seeing that no one was paying attention to his side, he warned Liu Zian: "Shh, Old Liu, you are talking nonsense and you don't even look where you are. What if?" If others hear it, you will be in trouble today!"

While the two were discussing in low voices, suddenly the priest in the temple came out and read for a long time. Naturally, Liu Zian didn't understand what the old priest said in Indian, so he asked Shaklu: "Lao Sha, this old guy What to say?"

"Old Liu, we are very lucky today. Later, the priestess of the altar will perform the snake dance, which is something we don't usually see. But, it's strange, why is there a priestess performing the snake dance this year for no reason? What?" Shakru said with some confusion.

In fact, it is no wonder that Shakru was surprised, because although the snake dance is very common, the snake dance of the altar priestess is very rare. Unless there is something very important, they will not come out to dance easily.

Fortunately, there were still many insiders. Shakru and Amisha soon learned the truth of the matter from the people around them who came to ask for a child. It was a good thing. Once they knew the truth of the matter, they were shocked. I was stunned because this thing was so amazing.

Seeing the shocked expressions of Shaklu and Amisha, Liu Zian couldn't bear his curiosity and stepped forward and asked: "Lao Sha, what is going on? Why are you so surprised?"

"The reason why the temple priestess came to dance the snake dance today is because there will be a wedding in this snake temple today, but the groom in this wedding is special, because the groom is him!" Shakru pointed out He said while looking at the snake statue.

Liu Zian asked in confusion: "What did you say? The groom is a god? Stop talking, who is crazy? Marrying a god? Unless the bride is also a god!"

Shakru smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The bride is a 14-year-old girl from a nearby village. It is said that she has often dreamed of this snake god recently. The snake god said that he was her husband and wanted to marry her. The village elders learned that After this incident, he kept urging her to marry the snake god quickly, otherwise it would bring disaster to her and the whole village. Therefore, the wedding was arranged to be held on today's Snake Festival, and that's why the priestess of the altar came out to perform. Snake dance as a congratulation.”

Liu Zian opened his mouth and sighed: "This, this is too nonsense, isn't it? That little girl obviously had a nightmare, why did these adults take it seriously? She actually wanted to hold a wedding with a god statue, then this girl's Isn’t your life ruined? By the way, Lao Sha, aren’t you also a Brahmin?”

"It's true that my caste belongs to Brahmin, but I don't have a priesthood now, and this is not the state where I am, so I can't interfere at all. Besides, I think things here are not that simple, Old Liu, Let’s just wait and see what happens!”

Not long after, the priestess of the altar appeared and began to perform the snake dance. Although this priestess wore a veil and couldn't see clearly her appearance, it could be judged that she was not old by her slender figure and delicate waist skin. At the beginning of the performance, she knelt down to a closed basket containing a cobra, then slapped the edge of the basket. The cobra jumped out of the basket, and then the priestess looked like she was with death. Singing and dancing with this cold-blooded reptile, At the end of the entire dance ceremony, the priestess knelt down and carefully kissed the head of the cobra that had been erected in front of her three times. When the song ended, her dance movements also turned weak. Finally, She ended with sudden violent body movements.

After the snake dance, the 14-year-old bride Anjali, wearing a pink sari and a bright red scarf on her head, was led by her brother into the snake temple and came to the statue of the snake god. This process is a local custom called "leading the bride", which symbolizes that all the responsibilities of the bride's family for the bride have been transferred to the groom.

Then Anjali burned incense, offered water and flowers to her "husband", that is, the statue, and then the priests in the temple came out to chant and pray for blessings.

After all the ceremonies were over, the bride's family members and guests came forward to express their blessings. Strangely, during the whole process, the little bride sat upright and didn't say a word. Even after the end, she didn't want to go home, but wanted to spend more time in the temple with her "husband". (This is a true story, which happened in 2011 in the village of Ronakala, Chindhawa district, Madhya Pradesh, central India, but the wedding was not held during the Snake Festival.)

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