Why children are thrown from the hight of 15 meters in India?

In some of the Indian villages there is an old tradition of throwing new born babies form the top of the tower. For example, in the village Musti, Maharatsha state, new born babies are thrown from the hight of 15 meters. They explain that this ritual will bring them health and strength.

SOURCE: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/babies.tower/
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Why Chinese girls till the beginning of the 20th century bandaged their feet?

In aristocratic families in China till the beginning of the 20th century, it was common the case of bandaging girl's feet. All the toes, but the big were tied to foot, after time the foot was deformed so much that woman couldn't walk at all. It was considered to be a good quality, since women from the aristocratic families didn't need to walk all the job was supposed to be done by their workers.

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SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding