The world has progressed a lot today. Be it technology or lifestyle. People have now become much more advanced than before. But there are many communities who prefer to stay away from the changes that come with time. These people are still bound by age-old customs. Such are the people of Ramdeo village of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
While in India only one marriage is legal, in this village every man marries twice. Generally women are not able to tolerate their step-daughters. As soon as a woman comes to know about her wife’s extra affair or relationship, she takes the form of Chandi. But nothing like this happens in this village. In this village, only the first wife welcomes her step-daughter. After this, she stays with him like a sister for the rest of her life. Why after all?
Reality or fiction?
In Ramdeo village, every man marries twice. There is a strange reason behind this. It is said that whichever man marries in this village, his wife never gets pregnant. Even if she has a child by mistake, she will only give birth to a daughter. In such a situation, a man has to marry a second time to continue his lineage. People say that on second marriage everyone is born with a son.

Step sisters live together for life
Step sisters live like sisters
Whenever a man marries for the second time in this village, his first wife makes all the preparations for the marriage. With her hand she brings her daughter-in-law inside the house. Not only this, the preparations for the wedding night are also done by the first wife. After this, both step sisters live like sisters throughout their life. However, now the youth of this village have started opposing this custom. Many say that men started this custom for their own benefit, which poor women accepted as their fate.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 30, 2023, 17:29