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Group Wedding Ceremony Includes Widows

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Unwanted and Unprotected: Widows in India
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When grief is compounded by cruelty: Societies of widows, battling the stigma of exclusion and the...

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Twice a year the NGO Guild of Service hosts a dowry-free group wedding ceremony for the marriages of widows, the children of widows, inter-caste unions as well as couples who simply can't afford a proper Hindu ceremony. Normally these groups, and especially widows, would be "culturally banned" from getting married.

This group ceremony was held at Ma Dham, a home and shelter for widows in Vrindavan, India. There were 15 couples total—five of the marriages included widows.

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