A 71 years old lady threw herself into blaze and died as an old custom that is not permitted now while her husband was cremating at a village that is located in Chhattisgarh, India.
The authority announced on 12.
This lady threw herself into the blaze after mourners left on 11.
This custom is called "Sati", and is interpreted as "Chaste Woman".
It was regarded as dedicated intimacy until dominators of British Colonial period prohibited in 1829.
Later, there is the case that a young woman threw herself into the blaze that her husband was cremating while thousands people were looking in 1987.
Therefore, India's government was tightening controls on the low like prohibit the glamorization of Sati.
- 作品名
- An old lady threw herself into the blaze and died while her husband was cremating. (India)
- 登録日時
- 2008/10/13(月) 11:34
- 分類
- ASIA::India