Wood Apple Marriage in Nepal

This page semi-coherently explains: "...a ceremony in the Newar community in Nepal in which pre-adolescent girls are 'married' to the bel fruit (wood apple), which is a symbol of the god Vishnu, ensuring that the girl becomes and remains fertile. It is believed that if the girl's husband dies later in her life, she is not considered a widow because she is married to Vishnu, and so already has a husband that is believed to be still alive."

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 20, 2014
Category: Food | Children | Foreign Customs | Asia | Weddings

Comments

"Music" really doesn't translate well into Hindi, does it?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/20/14 at 09:05 AM

Lots of percussion but it sounds like kids on pots and pans to me.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/20/14 at 07:48 PM

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