Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Does Bangladesh have a Jerry Springer Show?

"Among the Mandi, a remote hill tribe in Bangladesh and India, widows who wish to remarry must choose a man from the same clan as their dead husband. The only single males, however, are often much younger. So the custom evolved that a widow would offer one of her daughters as a second bride to take over her duties — including sex — when the daughter came of age."

This article is interesting and creepy in equal measure.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting and creepy sums it up. The interesting part to me is how open the daughters are about their feelings about the situation.

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