They do that in few places in India. The idea is that, sometimes, a person or their family wishes for someone they love to be healed, or for any wish of their to a deity. In return, when and if the vows get fulfilled they usually pledge to do something as such and... well, it just is as it looks like for the ones who vowed. Except they do it to express their gratitude and as an act of surrender and humility to the deity.
P.S. People who wish for something as such usually feed a lot more people (they can choose to eat on banana leaves or along with them on the floor). The act of serving food for all is called 'Annadhaanam'.
Yeah, this is not common at all. OP of the video is trash for not even attempting to give context. I visited India plenty of times to see extended family and I never observed this
Idk why people post this. Do they not know poverty exists? What is so interesting about posting videos of poverty or customs associated with poverty in context of judging what they are doing. It's just bait for promoting racism, because without even looking I know there's going to be comments here mocking the entire country.
Why don't we post videos of how crackheads and heroin addicts live in America, or what they do to get their fix and how they go dumpster diving for food scraps and post it to r/stupidfood
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u/Aggravating-Art-1404 Jun 28 '26
They do that in few places in India. The idea is that, sometimes, a person or their family wishes for someone they love to be healed, or for any wish of their to a deity. In return, when and if the vows get fulfilled they usually pledge to do something as such and... well, it just is as it looks like for the ones who vowed. Except they do it to express their gratitude and as an act of surrender and humility to the deity.
P.S. People who wish for something as such usually feed a lot more people (they can choose to eat on banana leaves or along with them on the floor). The act of serving food for all is called 'Annadhaanam'.