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KORAPUT DISTRICT, ODISHA, JUL 13 – Village elders performed a ritual to publicly humiliate the couple for violating clan marriage rules, marking the second such incident in Odisha within a week, police said.
- On Sunday in Odisha’s Koraput district, a tribal couple from Pedaitiki and Nadimitiki villages was tied to a yoke and forced to plough publicly for marrying within the same clan.
- Their union, viewed as taboo by the local Kondh community, led village elders to impose this so-called purification ritual to atone for breaching tribal customs.
- The couple had eloped during the Rath Yatra festival to Andhra Pradesh but returned recently, and were humiliated with shoe garlands, prayers before the village deity, and public parading as ordered by an informal court.
- The viral video sparked public outrage and police cognisance, while a similar recent case in Rayagada subjected another couple to the same punishment involving plough dragging and beatings as a ‘traditional purification process.’
- Human rights activists condemned these acts, demanded state intervention and legal action, but as of Sunday evening no formal police complaint or official administrative statement had been made.
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Village Justice: Tribal Norms and Love's Consequence
In Odisha's Koraput district, a young couple faced public humiliation for marrying within the same clan, breaching tribal customs. They were allegedly tied to a wooden plough and paraded through their village. The incident underscores tensions between traditional beliefs and modern love. Police investigations are underway.
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Koraput (Odisha), Jul 13 (PTI) A young couple was allegedly tied to a wooden plough and paraded through their village in Odisha’s Koraput district on Sunday for marrying within the same clan, police said. The incident took place at Nadimeitiki village within Narayanpatna block in the tribal-dominated district. According to a video that has gone […]
Odisha: Tribal Couple Tied to Wooden Plough, Paraded Through Village for Marrying Within Clan
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