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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.
Rock Them In The Clock by Jack the Sailor
One, two, three o'clock,
Four o'clock rock
Five, six, seven o'clock
Eight o'clock rock
Nine ten eleven o'clock
Twelve o'clock rock
We're gonna rock them in the clock today!!!
Put your sari on and join me hun
I'm gonna hit you with a stone
We're gonna rock 'em in the clock today
We're gonna rock 'em til they go away
We're gonna rock them in the clock to day.
When our rocks strike two, three or four
We won't see Al but we'll see some gore
We're gonna rock 'em in the clock today
Were gonna make them sorry rockers pay
We're gonna rock them in the clock today.
When our rocks strike Five, six or Seven
We'll be sending them to Heaven
We're gonna rock 'em in the clock today
Were gonna make them sorry rockers pay
We're gonna rock them in the clock today.
When our rocks strike eight, nine and ten
We're gonna hit them with our rocks again
We're gonna rock 'em in the clock today
That's the Uttar Pradesh way
Don't you wish you were back in the USA.