Articles labeled: babies thrown from tower

If you need an example of how different cultures in the world are vastly different, we’ve got a perfect one for you.

Worshippers at a Muslim shrine in western India drop babies from a tower for good luck. The babies are tossed from the tower onto a cloth sheet more than 50 feet below. The infants land and bounce on a bed-sheet held taut by men 50 feet below, and are quickly passed through the crowd to their mothers.

This 500-year-old ritual is thought to bring the children good health. Villagers say no babies have been injured during the ritual, which is practiced by Muslims and Hindus in Musti village in the district of Solapur, in the state of Maharashtra.

Be sure to click through to the full story to see pictures of the event that would terrify most American parents.