Child marriage practices in India

According to the United States Daily News in New York on 23 June 2014, Shankar Puri, a photographer from Rajasthan State in western India, filmed a children ' s group wedding in May 2014 in Kishangarh village.

Of these, girls as young as 7 are married to 16-year-old boys as brides.

There were more than 20 children involved in the group wedding, the youngest of whom was only 7 years old, dressed in a traditional Indian red wedding dress, Sally, who held a ceremony in a temple.

Puri was only able to observe the ceremony and was unable to reach out to the children because it could endanger his safety.

"I got a tip that morning and immediately called the police and went to the wedding site.

When I arrived in a town market-like place, many men and women dressed in fine clothes gathered there to watch the children ' s wedding.

These children sing, dance and celebrate, and they have no idea what they did was wrong.” According to Puri, because of the number of people involved in the wedding, there is no way to stop it even if the police arrive at the scene.

If the police intervene, they may be beaten by villagers.

Child marriage has long existed in India and is still practised by most urban and rural residents of Rajasthan.

Although it is illegal and has been actively prevented by feminist and non-governmental organizations, it continues.

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