Video: And the wedding sang and danced, or how they get married in distant Niger
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
African girl Uma is getting married. It would seem, what is unusual here? Except that she was only 14 years old. Her husband-to-be Hamid is 33 years old and has one wife and three children.
The African country of Niger firmly holds the world record for the number of child marriages - three quarters of girls get married before reaching the age of 18. The country has one of the highest birth rates in the world - on average, each woman gives birth to 7 children, and the average life expectancy is 53 years. Many men in Niger have more than one wife, and parents give their minor daughters in marriage in exchange for a dowry. This is the fate that befell the 14-year-old Uma.
Perhaps many Russian girls have already liked it. Indian tradition of painting the bride's hands and feet with henna.
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