Babies Dropped From Roof in India Ritual

We came across a story and video of babies being dropped 50 feet from a roof in India as some sort of ritual blessing. After reading around it seems that this baby dropping from roofs ritual has been going on for around 500 years and supposedly no babys have been harmed in all that time. All in the name of a religious blessing for good health and both Muslims and Hindus practice this ritual. This is another strange news story that I have a hard time with deciding what category to add it to. We just watched the video below and it’s real and you will see several babies being dropped from the roof of a temple that is in Maharashtra, India. You were warned about what you are about to see!!!

We came across the video at the zeitgeist blog on MSNBC which is kept up by Willie Geist. I never even knew the blog existed. I personally like the spin and I suppose dry sense of humor that Willie Geist puts into his take on a story. Click Here to Check out Willie Geist’s Blog on the web.

I think the first time I saw Willie Geist was on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Keith Olbermann is another person that I admire mostly for his no holds back reporting. When Keith has a point to make or at least try to make duck for cover because his point is coming at you with very little spin to it. I normally catch his show a few times a week and love his biggest winners and losers segment. From listening to his rants (Keith is a Passionate man) my guess is that president Bush and Bill O’Reilly are two of his best friends, NOT! Click Here to check out Keith Olbermann’s section on MSNBC.

OK, back to the baby’s being dropped off the roof in India. Do any of you believe that in 500 years, Five centuries of this religious blessing of dropping babies off the roof that not a single baby has been injured? I’m having a hard time believing it personally. Of course after watching the video the baby that’s thrown off the roof, I mean dropped gently off the roof does seem to land kind of, sort of gently if that’s even possible dropping 5 storys onto a cotton sheet and then takes one bounce where someone catches them on the bounce.

I’m not going to knock anyones religion so I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether this blessing ritual for good health is a good thing or a bad thing. All I can say is that I would love to see the 500 year study on the health of all these babies that were dropped from a roof in India to see how their health turned out. Chances are not too many of them are afraid of heights. Or maybe they are terrified of heights.

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May 5, 2008 | Filed Under Weird Videos 

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  1. Jennifer Lancey on May 5th, 2008 4:50 pm

    Hello there. I was sent a link to your blog by a friend a while ago. I have been reading a long for a while now. Just wanted to say HI. Thanks for putting in all the hard work.

    Jennifer Lancey

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