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Ceathrar Bhr脿ithrean is Aon Bhean/Gharjuwa, Bride from the Forgotten Valley

Documentary on the practice of fraternal polyandry among the Nyimba people in Nepal.

Tha muinntir Nyimba a' fuireach ann an gleann ann an Nepal, agus seo far a bheil Gharjuwa agus a teaghlach. Tha teaghlaichean Nyimba st猫idhichte air ioma-ph貌saidhean br脿tharail, le aon bhean agus aon dachaigh aig geach teaghlach.

Tha Gharjuwa p貌sta aig gach br脿thair ann an teaghlach, agus seo sgeulachd a beatha, far a bheil co-roinn agus dl霉thachd eadar i fh猫in agus a ceathrar fhear a thug dhi a ceathrar chloinne

In the valley of the Nyimba people, in Nepal, lives Gharjuwa and her family. The Nyimba practise fraternal polyandry where each family is built round a sole household and a sole wife.

Gharjuwa is married to all the brothers from one family. This is her story of a life of sharing and solidarity beside her four husbands who bore her four children.

50 minutes

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