Posted on 05/12/2009 4:58:23 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
An Indian man who fathered seven daughters has not washed for 35 years in an apparent attempt to ensure his next child is a boy, newspapers reported.
Kailash "Kalau" Singh replaces bathing and brushing his teeth with a "fire bath" every evening when he stands on one leg beside a bonfire, smokes marijuana and says prayers to Lord Shiva, according to the Hindustan Times.
"It's just like using water to take a bath," Kalau was reported as saying. "A fire bath helps kill germs and infection in the body."
Kalau, 63, from a village outside the holy city of Varanasi, outraged his family by refusing to take a ritual dip in the river Ganges even after his brother died five years ago.
"I still don't remember how it all began," he said in Saturday's edition of the paper. "I just know it started about 35 years ago."
Kalau's hygiene regime has taken its toll on his professional life.
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Yes!!
South Africa. Looked it up.
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/28/roger-ballens-photography-of-rural-south-africa/
...and what to do with Corpus Christi, or the Sangre de Christo mountains?
Cheers!
Cheers!
I was sure I'd missed a few.
“Is it OK if I post pictures of dirty, funny-looking black people, or is that out, too?”
Nothing’s ever out. Post what you want. But if people think you’re posting it in a spirit of hate, as opposed to just being funny, they might call you on it, that’s all. Same as it ever was..
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