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Chinese 'ghost bride' sold twice into marriage
The Telegraph [U.K.] ^
| 23 Feb 2012
Posted on 02/24/2012 8:59:32 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
The woman, from China's Hebei Province, near Beijing, died over the Lunar Year holiday, according to the Global Times.
But her family decided to sell her for a "ghost marriage", a superstition that sees dead bachelors married off so they can wander the afterlife together.
Despite Mao Tse Tung attempting to stamp out the practice after he and the Communist Party came to power in 1949, the black market for 'corpse brides' continues to thrive today.
In this case, the family sold their dead daughter, receiving 35,000 yuan (£3,500), where a spirit wedding was conducted. The two were then buried together.
Grave robbers however dug up the brides body, and were caught by police marrying her off to a dead bachelor in another town for 30,000 yuan, it was claimed.
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TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: napl
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To: LucyT
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02/25/2012 12:31:06 AM PST
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Danae
(Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
To: Slings and Arrows
Oh I smell a future undead thread invasion in your future young Jedi!!!
Sorry for the multi-pass... I mean post. Touch screens do not play nice on FR!
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02/25/2012 12:35:06 AM PST
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Danae
(Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
To: Slings and Arrows
It could have been worse. They could have been charging her out by the hour at the Kno Won Tel motel.
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02/25/2012 12:46:08 AM PST
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21twelve
To: 21twelve
Now I'm remembering Kill Bill.
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02/25/2012 1:10:25 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Danae
You can say that again! (And again.)
Re the final: Was the correct answer “Run away!”
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02/25/2012 1:13:01 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Danae
Cool. Now if I can just get a Romneybot zotted...
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02/25/2012 1:15:10 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
02/25/2012 2:47:23 AM PST
by
A. Morgan
(Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
To: Slings and Arrows
So I can die a bitter old maid, then be buried next to a guy who’ll never get up and leave? twice or more?
Cool!
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02/25/2012 3:25:36 AM PST
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Titan Magroyne
(What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
To: Slings and Arrows
A Ghoul and his money are soon parted...
To: Slings and Arrows
Cheers!
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02/25/2012 4:08:58 AM PST
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grey_whiskers
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To: Slings and Arrows
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02/25/2012 6:00:39 AM PST
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JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Slings and Arrows
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02/25/2012 6:09:47 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Shades of Ghost Story.
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02/25/2012 11:12:47 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: JRios1968
Time to page the Israelis.
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02/25/2012 11:14:13 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: BigCinBigD
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02/25/2012 11:20:42 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Titan Magroyne
A conjugal bed so comfy, you’ll never leave it.
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02/25/2012 11:21:17 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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