Dussehra celebrated across India as good triumphs over evil

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDussehra is being celebrated across India as the triumph of good over evil, with different rituals in different places, the BBC reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGood over evil. Well, that's a nice change of pace for a news desk.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe name comes from the Sanskrit words for ten and defeat, meaning the defeat of the ten-headed Ravana.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen heads. That's ten times the opinions at a meeting, and he still lost.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn many communities, effigies of Ravana and two others are set ablaze at dusk, and it's widely done across North India.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGiant effigies, set on fire, in public, with whole families standing there smiling. I'm sorry, I keep waiting to be worried and I can't.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou're welling up.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's the smoke.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the fact that people have done this for generations, and UNESCO listed the performing arts tradition as cultural heritage in two thousand eight.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTen heads, burned every year, and it still comes back. Dale, that's the first forecast of yours I've ever believed.