RELIGIOUS FRENZY
NON-STOP DANCING STRANGE SCENE IN INDIA Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright CALCUTTA, May 13. (Received May 14, ,at 0.35 a.m.) The women of a Roman Catholic parish in a village near Nagercoil (South India) have suddenly gone mad in a body._ Young and old, they have been dancing in front of the church altar for several days. Nothing will make them desist. The hysterical outbursts continue till they are exhausted, and they resume dancing when they recover their breath. Ali the efforts of the priest and the relatives arc unavailing. Thousands of people are visiting the village to see the phenomenon.
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Evening Star, Issue 21719, 14 May 1934, Page 9
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101RELIGIOUS FRENZY Evening Star, Issue 21719, 14 May 1934, Page 9
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