In the blink of an eye, Rayo had become accustomed to married life. During the day, she is responsible for housekeeping, laundry and quilting. In the evenings, she cooks delicious meals and waits for her five husbands who are away from work to come home.
This peculiar and puzzling marriage custom is jaw-dropping. Rayo's husbands are not only brothers, but they also have a huge age difference, with the eldest Bayu being a full 14 years older than Rayo.
Is there a conflict between Rayo and her young husbands?Does such a peculiar pattern of marriage lead to chaos in daily life?Let's take a look.
The village where Rayo lives is located in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The small villages in this area look peaceful and peaceful, not much different from other rural areas.
However, under the harmonious façade of these villages, incomprehensible marriage customs are hidden. Local women do not have a one-to-one relationship after marriage, but a one-to-many relationship. If the man has brothers, the women need to marry all of the husband's brothers.
Rayo is one such woman. She grew up in a village in Dehradun, Akhand, with no formal education. At the age of 18, he married a local man named Gudu.
Gudu was the fourth in the family, and he was only 21 years old at the time. He has four brothers, Bayu is 32 years old, while the youngest Dinish is only 19 years old.
In other words, Rayo had five husbands at once after she got married.
In the ancient and mysterious Indian culture, polygamy used to be quite common. However, in contemporary society, this model of marriage has been abandoned and replaced by monogamy, which is more conducive to maintaining pure love.
However, in this Indian village, the marriage custom still exists. Rayo's polygamous married life has attracted a lot of attention from the outside world.
What kind of life does Rayo's family live in this controversial marriage model?
Will there be strife and conflict between her and each of her husbands?We will continue to unravel this mystery and discover the hidden truths of the wonderful married life. When we talk about marriage, we usually think of a couple living happily ever after. However, in a poor village in rural India, there is one family that is an eye-opener. Rayo is the wife of the family, and he has five husbands!
Sounds crazy, doesn't it?But the fact is that the family lived in harmony, there were almost no quarrels, and life was not bad.
The five husbands were brothers, and they had a good relationship with Rayo. They treated Rayo as a joint wife and did not see anything wrong with it.
It's unbelievable.
However, the living conditions of this family are quite poor. They lived in a dilapidated and cramped thatched hut with no appliances, no decent furniture, not even a bed. Every night, they can only lie on the floor to rest, whether it is the heat or the cold, they have to bear it silently.
In the face of such a poor environment, how do they deal with the life of husband and wife?The answer you won't expect. They actually set up a "rotation schedule" in which Rayo would spend time as a couple with a different husband every night, just like a schoolboy on duty, fulfilling the ...... of the couple's obligationsIt was a big surprise.
However, this behavior directly led to Rayo not knowing which husband the child belonged to after she became pregnant. In October 2011, Rayo gave birth to a child who had five "fathers" from birth, and the family's kinship became a mess.
Why is there a confusion of polyandry?Strictly speaking, Rayo had only one husband in the ancient capital, and Indian law never supported the practice of polyandry. However, in poor rural India, people have to resort to this approach to keep their villages running.
India is notoriously a patriarchal country, especially in rural areas. As a result, many baby girls are abandoned after birth. Someone like Rayo who was able to grow up is already lucky.
As a result, many rural Indians face a severe gender imbalance, with far more men than women. If polyandry is not implemented, most men will face the fate of being single, which is not only detrimental to social stability, but also leads to a declining population and seriously affects the birth rate.
In desperation, people can only adopt this extremely backward and primitive method to maintain the stable operation of the marriage system in the village.
Rayo fell victim to this bad habit and lost the chance to win the love of a man's heart forever. Immediately after the incident, the Internet set off a storm, and people expressed deep sympathy for Rayo's plight. Sadly, however, despite having five husbands, Rayo's family is still in a difficult financial situation. The men did low-paying manual labor and did not earn much money, while Rayo was responsible for taking care of his family and could not go out to work.
Almost all the women in the village, according to Rayo, were almost destined to serve multiple husbands. Rayo's mother had three husbands at once.
If Rayo gives birth to a daughter, she will most likely have to go through the same fate. Rayo, on the other hand, portrays this peculiar marriage as very happy, believing that she can enjoy a fivefold love, and that she is happier than a woman who lives in ...... monogamy
Whether it is polyandry or polygamy, it is a very uncivilized marriage system that should not exist in today's world. This institution of marriage is very unhygienic and can easily lead to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
India should focus on the dark corners of the country, solve the problem of the perception of rural society as soon as possible, and get rid of the situation of discrimination ......