A blogger in India symbolically married himself. In doing so, she completed the usual rituals that are part of Hindu weddings in a typical red wedding dress – only without a man and without a priest. Her wedding has an advantage, she does not have to leave her house after that, according to the 24-year-old.
In the patriarchal country, women usually move in with their in-laws after marriage – along with their new husband. Originally, 24-year-old Indian Kshama Bindu wanted to say yes over the weekend at a large Indian wedding party in a temple.
media controversy
But then there was a controversy in the media and social networks in the country where marriages between women and men are usually arranged. Her neighbors weren’t happy either, she told the Times of India.
A local politician from the Hindu nationalist ruling party had previously criticized self-marriage against Hinduism, India Today reported. Bindu held the celebration on a small scale at home in Gujarat state a little earlier.
Symbolic celebration of self-love
The trend of self-marriage — a purely symbolic celebration of self-love — has been around for a while in the West, especially among single women. However, in more traditional India, it could be the first celebration of this kind, according to local media. Kshama Bindu told India Today, “Self marriage is a promise to be there for yourself and to love yourself unconditionally. It is also an act of self-acceptance.”
Source: Krone
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