The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-09 00:00:00

SWINGING FESTIVALS IN INDIA.

The bloody ribto of the Charm& Poojah, tx min-
im festivals, whisk take plats usually sad at tide time of
the year la beam of the god Skin, have jest his. treks
bested I. ladles • Calsutta cesespeedeat writes:
...Ile • earsanony was er/ take piss ea the lltk of
la the Ctroulavread, when le tiorrot bout Columns about
two sages, some other ratlines sad I who were dab-
ose to seit it drove fa that anodes, earl the whole
of road loadiat to Is plan was monied with Knives a
every fob and abode of esters, woo** their way *WNW
Is use the dopediag speeteele, end dressed up is the meg
seedy sad lesessen amesterislo. Omit ambers of
the women tad eblidros bed braes rises shunt lbel
Mhos la disaster three. asses, also Sags round
their =ales by way of Osoorooot. The spot who,
she Ingge seas was is be emoted wee a large 1.7 e
surreamied with heeen. ea the tope of whisk win
crowd" of ladle= of every age sad all non sr less
with as latoziosting imposed sailed " bbseg." la ths •
metre of ilisetuers wee meted s keg pole .coq feet.ts
at the top of lhis was =ether sliest torte feet long,
at Seth then to the Ismer, make is a socket aWo
was, sea ospable of Wise whiffed need; sad to eask
sad was atualbul a rope. Saving waited toe tee slams "ea
se, the hthelepted wive who was to Is innsg sass fag
anki the bombe of ladles drum sad the &boars of the
people. The alas heel a wild ezpresdow of souewneates,
with hie eyes glaring, bakes ender the Whence of Wong,
of whisk Is bad oeueseed great questleles demise the
three Revlon days to deaden the pan. The wahrtas
sits native had two large Ina books (not unlike than
used by betaken at bone for besting up meat) than,
through his book, three Joshes span, sad asking a woes..
four none ia keen, Cm which the blood streamed down.
This bent down, tha an tied the rope which Ina bed to
sae of the ends of the bonneted polo ts the two books fa
his bask, sad likewise pored it through a sloth whisk was
tied slackly resod his breast to prevent bin fillies to duo
ironed should the flesh give way, which it sometimes does.
They thee pulled Own the other tied of the pole, whisk of
enures pulsed the me with the ales slave with it, sad ties
raa round et s great speed toe the span of a cleaner of sa
bear. All this its.. the poor is.. wee empanelled la the
its by the hooks ia his beak, sod whiting triad fifty Sea
bus the erased ; sad from the mean nwhisk be kiskad
about his kg. be appeared to be suffering gnat
=. Whin ho was et dews sad the hooks taken est
bask, he wee is.,. dead Una alive, sad*" leeeratien
I eased by then was frightful. Yea who madame thei
swierfug coldest survive ft.
While Pertinent are espied fa ankles inquiry is
Merano to the torture 'splayed by the govereneat
lasi& la the Presidium of Maine, for the purpose of cel-
kmAket the remise fron the natives, I /ink they would do
wed to devise sone plea by which dm amid total) y abolish
the preistlee I have been sedesnorist to dwaiba, sad
offffeli sawed bo sore wail, Ikea sow than in pelvises
yam TM Riddle sad higher elms, of the satins, I
usileoelead from good authority, do not appton it as they
did lbserly it is oily the lowest class of Use natives thaO
tabs rot fa earermay."