marriages

[asakiyume]

I really love the work of the photographer James Morgan.** He takes me all over the world--like to a Newar wedding ceremony:



Mr. Morgan explains the photo:

Among Newar people in Nepal, young girls are first married to a bael fruit, as in this image. They will later be married to the sun. The third marriage is to a man
Source on Twitter; source on Instagram

Fascinating! I just can't stop thinking about the possibilities of consecutive marriages like this--it's sparked a story in me, I think. I can feel it tingling to get out.

If you'd like a little more on the Newar marriage traditions, here's a post that goes into more detail about the marriage to the bael fruit, and here's one about the second marriage, the one to the sun. (My story won't be about their marriage traditions; I'm intending on taking the idea somewhere else.)

**You can follow him on Instagram or Twitter, if you're on either of those platforms, or just check out his website.

Comments

[sartorias]

That's a fascinating idea!

[minoanmiss]

Indeed, she agreed, all wowed!

[asakiyume]

:D

[asakiyume]

If and when I get a story out of it, I'll share it with you!

[nattalie]

Well looking how the humanity is going I'll prefer to get married to the sun instead to a human!!. However while the idea sound romantic, I'm tired to see how some cultures still thinks that a woman need be purified and keep preparing them for a man. Better we start to prepare our men to respect a woman because her human natural condition.

[asakiyume]

I agree with you about the focus on women's purity and suitability! In the story I write, it will be both sexes who have these preparatory marriages, not just women!

[wayfaringwordhack]

It is amazing how much that little girl looks like someone Sprout took ballet lessons with in Egypt.

I love story ideas that tingle to get out. :D I hope you can write it!

[asakiyume]

Thanks! Me too.

Where was Sprouts ballet mate from?

[wayfaringwordhack]

She was adopted by an Indian couple, so she could have been Indian or ... It is possible they adopted her in Nepal; we talked in general about the adoption, but I never asked for details. :)