Baby Tossing

Baby Tossing:

For babies in India, a 30 foot drop for good luck is actually practiced in some rural parts of India and is commonly practiced by Hindus and Muslims, willingly to allow their baby to be tossed from a shrine or structure and has been practiced for over 700 years. How this all began was when a saint told people whose babies were dying to go and build a shrine and to drop their sons and daughters from it to show trust in the all mighty and from there on every baby that is born into this tradition is tossed from a shrine to insure a long and prosperous life within 2 months of birth.

Shortly after a video surfaced of the babies being tossed off the shrine the “National Commission for Protection of Child Rights” intervened into the matter and said that it was abusive and should be stopped with the quote: “We do not support this superstitious practice,” and also claim that is against the will of the babies and against the interest of the children. Public Officials have come out and backed up the Nation Commission for Protection of Child Rights and they stated that it was illegal under the Indian child law. After all of these Allegations there has been no reports of baby tossing since 2010 but few people claim it still continues in small villages around India, and some people have come out and said that the practice still continues and it is a tradition no matter what. So yes, baby tossing is still a thing to this day, go and give it a shot with your newborn.

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