Hoping for rain.. Residents of an Indian village dig the graves of their dead for an incredible reason
The world is full of strange and wondrous customs, some of which the mind cannot comprehend, and this was proven by the residents of the
Indian village of Kalikiri who dug the graves of their dead and filled their mouths with water, as part of a belief that this strange behavior would help in the fall of rain in the dry months.
According to the details of this incident, anxiety dominated the village of Kalikiri, after most of Karnataka witnessed rain, some of which turned into catastrophic floods and landslides, while drought continues in their village, which has not seen rain for a long time.
This concern prompted the people to gather and develop a plan to get rid of the “curse” that had befallen them, according to the prevailing thinking, and it was reported by Al-Hindiya 18 news channel.
Someone suggested the mythic idea of watering the dead in order to bring rain, and according to the same news channel, everyone thought it was a "fantastic plan."
Then the villagers went to the graves of the people who had died last month, equipped with a shovel and a water tank, and allegedly dug a hole two feet deep, and when they reached the heads of the dead, they inserted a water pipe into their mouths and poured water into it.
According to the same source, the village, made up of about 1,500 local residents, gets very little rain.
And while the idea may sound like a fairy tale or a wondrous dream, its inspiration goes back many years.
According to the Andy 100 website.
It was said that an old man died with his mouth wide open and was buried without anyone closing his mouth.
In the same year, the village suffered from drought. Then the elderly residents contacted an astrologer who told them that the dead man had died of thirst, then they went to his grave and filled his mouth with water.
Coincidentally, it started raining.
According to this superstition, the people of Kalikiri began to follow this practice in the hope that they would have the same luck.
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