more to this sati discussion ;

in tribal rural area

of India where nuptials marriages from the early childhood always

happened take place, the bridge and bridgroom has been chosen by their

respective familly at the minimum age of 13th. Happened to be at times

when the young couple, the husband falls sick and past away, the young

widow left have but not to be sentence to death upon her will in a

very scarious ceremony. At the very 16th day of death of her husband -

the mourned period, a huge set up fire will take place in the village

and be wittness of all the villagers.
At the myriad of the stage, a fierce women, probably chosen from the

most senior ranked from the caste avail, will cut apart the mangal

sutra or symbolic wedding necklace from the widow body, her bangles

will be smash and break into pieces, no accessories will be allowed

then, and this widow will be covered with whites saree or cloth all

over her body and she will be reads mantra of Yallajeyum beforehand.

Finally she will be ask to surrender herself walk through the open

blaze fire to commitsuicide for her death, once she be exactly in the

fire, one of the ceremonial man will beat her body with wooden rods to

prevent the body remains to fritts or just let the body fells

down.....  

the irony parts is, if the death occurs only to the husband, the widow

have to immolates to death, but in contradictory if the wife is dead

then in 16th days after without hesitation the man can sneeze new

breath by marry a new wife.....

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