In a glaring example of the prevailing social prejudices in rural #odisha, 40 members of a tribal woman’s family tonsured their heads as part of a purification ritual after she married a man of different caste in Rayagada district. The ritual also involved sacrificing goats, chickens and pigs in front of the local deity. 🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2025/Jun/21/40-members-of-family-tonsure-head-over-inter-caste-marriage-in-odisha?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=channel&utm_campaign=nation