The strange ritual in India beat women to break free from evil spirits (Photo)

Periskopi

6 October 2017, 15:25(9 years ago)

Shocking images have captured Indian women who were beaten during a strange ritual to free them from evil spirits. Each year about 2,000 women run for five hours to enter the ancient Achappan temple in Trichiy, southern India, reports “Daily Mail”, the Periscope broadcast. They kneel down on the earth for [...]

Each year about 2,000 women run for five hours to enter the ancient Achappan temple in Trichiy, southern India, reports “Daily Mail”, the Periscope broadcast.

They kneel down on the ground to be severely struck by a priest.

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Every year years some 2,000 girls choose for five hours to be left at the ancient Temple in Trichy, south India

When it's their turn, the girls can't on the ground to be physically scared by a priest

Many wine and write in pain as their family remembers watch on, hoping they will be cute

This is one of the primes who appointed the beating ducing the festival in order India

Many women who experience this shock suffer pain as their family members see them, hoping they will be healed.

A schoolgirl Vishakha, who was forced by her parents to be part of this ritual, said my “parents think I'm crazy because I don't show interest in my studies”

Now my friends will laugh at me when they see the scars of the whip that I will receive after I attend this ritual to cure mental disorders”, the young girl shouted.

Some troublegirls were brought by their money for either one not yet attaining puberty or eating extraordinary periods.

A priest insisted the wipping was not a crime, adding: It is a believing of camels and the practice is an ancient tradition. We cannot alter. '

Some older women agree with the first and believe the blasting will cure them

One 60-year-old woman said: 'Did I wash here cures all ills, psychic or mental'

A priest insisted that the scourge was not a crime, adding: “is a devout belief and practice is an ancient tradition. We can't change”.

Some elderly women agree with the priest and believe that the scourge will cure them. /Periscopi/