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They Sure Know How To Pitch A Party In Pashan Pud! . . . (August 2001, Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Thousands of Indian villagers have celebrated an annual festival by throwing stones at each other.  Nearly 250 people were injured during the Pashann Pud stone-throwing event near Nainital in Uttar Pradesh. Doctors report mainly head and eye injuries.  Villagers arranged themselves into two groups to throw the stones.  The tradition dates back several hundred years to when one member of the community was sacrificed each year to appease the village's goddess.  The injured were given first aid on the spot and many were transported to hospital.  The victims described their injuries as a "kind of blessing from the goddess", United News Of India reports.  In past times, when a chosen young man's parents appealed to the king to spare his life, villagers were ordered to compensate with their blood.  There are no rules about the size of stones that can be used during the festival.


Pashann Pud by MMario
(Tune:Fiddler's Green)

As I walked near Nainital in Uttar Pradesh
(A place that's in India, if you couldn't guess)
I heard a young villager singing this song
"Come on throw a rock before they're all gone!"

Toss a rock for the goddess's blessing!
Make sure it is solid, not mud.
The size doesn't matter,
If blood's gonna splatter
At our rock throwing contest in Pashann Pud!

Thank the stars that we live in times modern
With medics on hand and a hospital near
There's barely a person here bearing a scar
Though we stone one another, most regular!

Chorus:

Grab yourself a good handful of granite
Or a rock that's of some other sort
Then haul off and heave it, try to cause bleedin'
It's only tradition in old Pashann Pud

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