http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/bulgaria/default.aspxTags: bulgariaenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/15/no-they-re-not-trying-to-drown-their-kids.aspxThu, 15 May 2008 20:01:00 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:93814Madeline Holler4http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=93814http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/15/no-they-re-not-trying-to-drown-their-kids.aspx#comments<object style="width:100%;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/includevideo.swf?edition=US&amp;videoId=82018" height="320" width="344"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/includevideo.swf?edition=US&amp;videoId=82018"><embed src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/includevideo.swf?edition=US&amp;videoId=82018" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="320" width="344"></object> <p>If that <a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/07/It_1920_s-Raining-Little-Men_3A00_-India_1920_s-Baby-Throwing-Ritual.aspx">video of villagers dropping their babies from the roof of a temple</a> in India disturbed you, you&#39;ll want to pass on this one. Parents at a mountain spring in Bulgaria force their kids underwater, you know, for their own good.</p>Wha ...?? The country&#39;s Alevi Muslims celebrate the coming of spring during &quot;Hadrelez&quot; by bathing in holy water. According to Reuters, <i>they believe that the spring heals mute or stuttering children, but only for five minutes after midnight on the morning of &#39;Hadrelez&#39;.</i><p>Huh. They&#39;re screaming, so I guess it works!<br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>Video: Reuters&nbsp;</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=93814" width="1" height="1">baptismreutersdunking childrenstrange traditionsdrowing childrenbulgariastuttering cures