You have got to see this video... it's strange how different cultures function and how their values and beliefs differ from place to place!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/05/01/india.baby.toss.cnn
In a ritual that would terrify most mothers, Indian villagers have cheered as screaming babies were dropped from a 50-foot temple tower. 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. The infants land and bounce on a bed-sheet held taut by men 50 feet below, and are quickly passed through the crowd to their mothers.
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