(Desmond Boylan/Reuters) BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – An infant boy was married off to his neighbors' dog in eastern India by villagers, who said it will stop the groom from being killed by wild animals, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.

Around 150 tribespeople performed the ritual recently in a hamlet in the state of Orissa's Jajpur district after the boy, who is under two years old, grew a tooth on his upper gum.

The Munda tribe see such a growth in young children as a bad omen and believe it makes them prone to attacks by tigers and other animals. The tribal god will bless the child and ward off evil spirits after the marriage.

"We performed the marriage because it will overcome any curse that might fall on the child as well on us," the boy's father, Sanarumala Munda, was quoted as saying by a local newspaper.

The groom, Sagula, was carried by his family in a procession to the village temple, where a priest solemnized the marriage between Sagula and his bride, Jyoti, by chanting Sanskrit hymns, a witness said.

The dog belongs to the groom's neighbors and was set free to roam around the area after the ceremony. No dowry was exchanged, the witness said, and the boy will still be able to marry a human bride in the future without filing for divorce.

Indian law does not recognize weddings between people and animals, but the ritual survives in rural and tribal areas of the country.

(Editing by Matthias Williams, Leslie Gevirtz)

I would think more guys would want to do this. You get to have a wife and a b!tch

HA HA HA

Funny Jill

I tried combining the two. It didnt work so well

NO, YOU CAN SAY HIS WIFE IS A REAL DOG........

Me and my wife Fido see nothing wrong in this

WHAT ABOUT HIS MISTRESS SPOT????????????

gives a whole new meaning to sending your s/o to the doghouse.

I might like that I could chain my husband outside when he's bad...

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Ladies, they may just be on to sumthing there.

Love the dog list!

I hope you never do that to your dog.

but the housebreaking and flea baths would be a pain