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      <title>Baby throwing in India  by Brianna Barros</title>
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      <pubDate>2017-10-25 18:06:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[The bizarre ritual of throwing newborn babies off a temple 50ft high and catching them in a cloth has been celebrated in India since last 500 years. It is practised by couples who are blessed with a child after taking a vow at the Sri Santeswar temple near Indi, in the state of Karnataka. The ritual is observed by both Muslims and Hindus every year and takes place amid tight security.

The ritual takes place in the first week of December, and is believed to bring health, prosperity and luck to new arrivals. Around 200 babies are dropped by their parents every year while crowds sing and dance. Most of the infants are under two years old.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2017-10-25 18:22:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[At Baba Umer Durga, a Muslim shrine near Sholapur, India, babies have been tossed off roofs for nearly 700 years, according to a 2009 Associated Press report. Dropping a distance of about 50 feet, the terrified toddlers hurtle through the air before being caught in a sheet held by waiting men.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2017-10-26 18:32:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dropping a distance of about 50 feet, the terrified toddlers hurtle through the air before being caught in a sheet held by waiting men. Both Hindu and Muslim parents are reported to participate, believing that the dangerous ritual will ensure good health and prosperity for their families.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2017-10-26 18:33:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Baba Umer Dargah (Urdu: بابا امر درگاہ‎) is a famous Islamic shrine in Solapur, India.[1] It is known for a baby throwing ritual, in which infants are dropped from a 15-meter platform onto a cloth held by both Muslim and Hindu men.[2][3][4] This practice is five to seven hundred years old;[5][3] it is said to originate when a pir "advised people whose babies were dying to build a shrine and drop the ailing infants from the roof to show their trust in the almighty" and after doing so, "the babies were miraculously cradled to safety in a hammock-like sheet that appeared in midair."[6]]]></description>
         <pubDate>2017-10-26 18:36:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[ "Most Absurd Ritual in India : Throwing Babies From 50 Feet Height". The Times Group. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Though as chilling as it sounds, this 'baby throwing' ritual is considered absolutely normal at the Baba Umer Dargah, Solapur, Maharashtra. Equally popular among both Hindus and Muslims, the legend has it that this ritual helps baby grow into a strong, healthy person. It has been practised for last 700 years.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2017-10-26 18:38:33 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[ "Pictured: Horrific baby-throwing ritual in India where toddlers are tossed from roof for good luck". The Daily Mail. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2016. These horrific pictures show terrified toddlers being thrown from a roof before plummeting 15metres onto a bedsheet below. The youngsters, who appear to be aged around two, can be heard screaming as they are dangled in the air before being dropped.
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         <pubDate>2017-10-26 18:40:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Baby throwing in India </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2017-10-26 18:45:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Hyslop, Leah (11 December 2009). "Indian baby tossing ceremony may be banned". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Baby-throwing rituals have had worldwide attention since August, when an Indian TV crew filmed footage of screaming infants being dropped from a 50 foot temple tower in Haranga, a village in the West Indian state of Maharashtra. A similar custom has been recorded at the Baba Umer Durga shrine in the village of Solapur, about 280 miles south of Mumbai.
Jump up ^ "Villagers throw babies from temple roof". CNN. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2016. For 500 years, worshippers at a Muslim shrine in western India have continued the tradition -- a rite considered to bring good health and good luck to the children.
Jump up ^ Venkataraman, Ayesha (28 July 2016). "For Babies in India, a 30-Foot Plunge for Good Luck". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2016.]]></description>
         <pubDate>2017-10-26 18:47:25 UTC</pubDate>
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