Paraded on a donkey through the village.

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Pregnant out of wedlock. Her neighbors parade her through the streets on the back of a donkey.

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They advertise her shame for all to see.

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Her shaven skull and swollen belly exposed to mockery and jeers.

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Bundles of switches are distributed to the crowd. These will be used drive them victim and her steed through the streets.

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Driven from the village, she will find no shelter anywhere.

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The donkey ride is still carried out in remote villages in India. The woman is stripped, sometimes tonsured, her face blackened with charcoal, shoes strung around her neck.

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The upper castes punish women of the lowest caste in this way.

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