Why do Indian women line up to be caned?

Reported on October 8, in India recently, a group of women were whipped in a weird ritual to purify their "evil souls." The women lined up, put their hands together, and knelt on the ground. When it's their turn, whoever has to put their hands together and raise their hands high will receive a fierce whipping from the priest.

Many people's faces twitched in pain and their expressions were distorted during the whipping process, while their family members looked on, hoping that they could be "cured."

It is reported that every year, 2,000 women queue for five hours at the ancient Achipan temple in Trichy, southern India, waiting to be whipped. Vishakha, a girl at school, was brought to the procession by her parents. She cried and said: "Because I have no interest in studying, my parents think I am obsessed. After participating in this ceremony to treat mental disorders, I will leave traces on my body." The marks of being whipped will be laughed to death by my friends.” There are also other girls who are brought to the scene for “treatment” by their parents because they have entered puberty or have irregular menstruation.

The priest insists that this kind of whipping is not a crime, but the believer's belief, and the ancient tradition cannot be changed. Some older women also agreed with the priest and believed that whipping could heal everything. A 60-year-old man said: "Flogging cures all diseases. In the past few decades, I have been whipped, and all the diseases were cured. I have full confidence in whipping."

In fact, Still a little superstitious.