Mayan legacy in Honduras: selling daughter-in-law can be auctioned or exchanged

There is such an unbelievable custom in Honduras, which is "selling daughter-in-law". In some villages and towns in northwest Honduras, men can "divorce" their wives and auction them at the market, or exchange them with other people's wives. The purchased wife can be auctioned again. This somewhat scary folk custom is also a Mayan legacy.

Back then, the Mayans killed all captured male prisoners to worship the gods, while the women could be used as wives or exchanged. There is nothing the government can do about this deep-rooted custom. Nowadays, according to the law, such transactions can only be handled at the specified "gathering of people", and the market is only opened every three months.