Baby Tossing was practiced in some specific villages in India for over 700 years! It didn't come to an end until 2010. This extremely unsafe practice was thought to give children a health happy life and bring them luck! I guess the fact that they survive is pretty lucky!

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Sources:

https://wiki.ubc.ca/Relevance_Of_Baby_Tossing_In_Todays_World#:~:text=Baby%20Tossing%20is%20an%20Indian,the%20first%20week%20of%20December.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/world/what-in-the-world/for-babies-in-india-a-30-foot-plunge-for-good-luck.html#:~:text=When%20they%20did%20so%2C%20the,god%20who%20granted%20the%20prayers.

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/baby-dropping-ritual/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/edtimes.in/read-about-this-indian-custom-of-throwing-babies-off-buildings-for-luck/%3famp

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