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Originally Posted by Evil Robot
Villagers place bets on which baby's will live through the ordeal. This tradition goes back centuries, to 1974 when gambling became legal in India. Villigers like Mupok think this will boost tourism in the area, he sees that as a good thing. "When people come from China, I sell them goat meat for they watch the babies fall." a soft spoken Mupok points out. "When they make us stop dropping the babies, I sold no goat meat.". Baby dropping is still against the law in China, but may change with pressure from the international community.
Evil Robot,
BBC World News
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This post makes no sense. Is it a joke? This practice is isolated to a single shrine in India, there is no betting and it is claimed that no baby has ever been injured. Where does china, goat meat and dead pools come into this?