Gotmar Mela Stone Pelting War India

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Gotmar Mela Stone Pelting War India

Post by chandoo » Aug 25, 2012 Views: 3458

Gotmar Mela Stone Pelting War India



For over three hundred years, the residents of Pandhurna and Sawargaon, two Indian villages located on the banks of the river Jaam, have been engaging in a bizarre stone-pelting ritual called Gotmar Mela that leaves hundreds critically injured and even dead.




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Post by dua » Aug 26, 2012

we used to play in my childhood :)

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