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An age-old rural tradition of parts of India, such as Rajasthan, that just doesn't seem to die out, despite a national ban on child marriage! The groom and bridge are going around the fire together. The sad thing is that the groom seems much older than the bridge - he is doubler her height! If they are of the same age, they suffer together. If one is older, the younger one suffers more... Mass Child Marriage being performed in the town of Alwar of Rajasthan, India. Child marriages are illegal in India, but are still performed in some places, due to local religious and cultural beliefs which support and justify the cultural practice. The practice of child marriage in rural India is deeply rooted in cultural values and grounded in social structures. And despite laws that prohibit child marri
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