WEDDING CUSTOM
THROWING OF STONES IN BURMA. A Burmese custom will be made unlawful if the House of Representatives passes a bill sponsored by a private member. He seeks to suppress the practice of throwing stones at any house in which a marriage has just been ce-lebr-lted. Peaceful people are in favour of the bill, he says, as the practice has led to serious crimes. There seems Io be no doubt that it is of a respectable antiquity, and that in the villages lees are paid to the stone-throwers to induce them to desist. How it all originated is not clear. Experts who have investigated the fascinating subject of the world’s marriage customs trace many of them to a desire to drive off evil spirits, or else to ensure that the union shall be blessed with children.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1939, Page 8
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137WEDDING CUSTOM Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1939, Page 8
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