A woman having more husbands? I always thought it is not possible, but this is too much.

But then again with all this equality talk going on especially in developing countries and affirmative action, if a man can have more wives, why cant a woman have many husbands?

But it really is weird.

It does'nt surprise me this specific story in a remote rural area. I understand the cultural, socioeconomic situatuation of this peoples, specially if it is a cultural tradition among them, I respect cultural tradition an nothing is wrong as far as they are happy, in peace. Every Nation in this world enjoy a variety of cultural an traditions aspect that are normal within their ancestral tradition, this is a good topic to be included in a Sociology class or discussion about how people live in another countries an how it different from ours...

Pedro, it is not so different from the way many people are in the USA, where this is called "polyamory".

Oh my God, i mean several times i've thought of something like this but i just never thought it would happen. This is just too much, same as the one for the man having to marry many women...no, marrige is for 2 people not 2 or 3.........It is even worse for the bother to marry his brother's wife, it is really not according to the will of GOD.

VERY WIERD.......really, i still cannt get my mouth to close.

Most marriages do best in an economially fruitful environment- when this is the primary reason-respect and ambition can flourish. I expect the children are well cared for and that they feel secure. this sounds like a healthy marriage to me.

We as a nation of "freedom" should not judge other nations or ourselves solely based on what we feel is not moral or socially acceptable. Countries should be able to have their own traditions and cultural differences as long as it's not infringing on their rights or is just a faction of warring governments, etc. Isn't that one of the things that makes us all different countries? If it works for them, more power to them. Moral laws and cultures are based on years of tradition. Personally, there are days when having more than one husband might be beneficial and I wouldn't knock it unless I tried it......; o )

It smacks of "incest." Does that mean their children may be allowed to marry each other? I certainly hope not!

It doesn't surprise me much but I would like to comment that there are a few aspects of such practice are there to be taken seriously about for whom those aspects are serious. First is that if a man can have more than 1 wife all shall be 100% sure who is the real parent. I think it is more important and a basic right for every child to know their Biological parents then to know about a few men are their father. I feel it is unjustified with children life as adults have different practices in the world but one must think well about children as well before planning to give birth. One can say easy to accept it on the name of cultural differences but I think woman and man are two totally different pillars of society and must be dealt according to their role and behaviour in the family and on broader perspective in any society.

This is so funny.. with the global crisis this will make financial sense. ... so what if women want to have two or more husbands.. will it be acceptable...

Polyandry, Polygamy and Polygyny are found commom in many countries. Although it sounds strange to us, It is an practiced way of life and accepted in many cultures. It establishes not only inhierated land rights, but keeps familes at there current level of social status. It alos guareentees that if one brother dies the family wealth remains in the family. In this culture, Patriarchy is very dominant. Many marriages are also arranged. Therefore, children often do not have a say in who they marry. However, divorce rates are at minium and usually a women will not ever divorce as it has a very negative end for her to do so... That is why the young girl in the story says she will not shame her family.

Belinda- Polygamy in many forms happened frequently in the Bible, so I don't necessary think God minds all that much.

I like to maintain my tradition. Old traditions are reasonable and has good value. But this kind of tradition a lady marring several husbandsare not acceptable and new to me. According to some statistics survey by some experts the female population is more than the male. In some countries, the poor parents, can' t afford to arrange marrage for their daughters, are willing to give their daughters as second or third wife for a man who can afford to take care of all wives equally. when the children are born, the will know who is the father.

But in the case of polyandry, one wife is put in the situation of cooperating with all the husbands, taking care of family work, all children. Her health condition is a question mark. The jeopardy is that the children don' know who is the father. If the fathers are not cooperative in taking care of the children, their life is a question mark.

So all the traditions will not work out

Thank you

This is probably an interesting way to approach the population issue as well. But, to claim (as Belinda does) that this situation "is really not according to the will of GOD" is a pretty narrow minded viewpoint considering that people who take their duty to their family as seriously as this are probably quite religious in nature. It may not be according to YOUR GOD's will but, I imagine theirs is absolutely fine with it...

It is definitely unnatural, as a man is by nature polygam and not a woman. Even today in the age of DNA testing the basics do not change.
BUT why the western society gets disturbed by such practices. The tribes in India and other surrounding countries are practicing this at least (no doubt,this can be debated) as legal in their own society with some defined rituals. In the west it is practiced everywhere illegally under the banner of "BUT IT IS NATURAL" Just see the porno TV channels. What are they not showing ? Key clubs, Group sex etc. are bright examples of the fashionable practices in the west under the name of Human Rights and Love thus, damaging the name of their religion as well.
Definitely, what is being practiced in some parts of Indian Sub-continent is not right. BUT they are less educated. What to say to the western society which is apparently more deucated ?

God needs to come for his world right now!

I think there are a lot of strange things in this world. If it works for them then more power to them.

Polyandry, the idea of one woman having multiple husbands sounds very unnatural to me. I wonder how both men feel sharing one woman whom they call their wife. Who really is the father of their kids? Worse still, in this era of deadly STDs, such relationship is surely unhealthy.

The land would ideally support 2 couples, but when it can't, one woman is kept, one sacrificed.

What happens to the excess women this system must create? This system might work for the 3 people described, but one person's story is missing.

Guys, its easier sit in USA and give opinion. Put yourself in their shoes. Average income is no more than $50/month. So would you rather have family and kids and starve your children like in Africa. I understand you feel that it's wrong. But who's to say. Just because marriage is between two people in majority part of the world it doesn't make it right or only way. This is culture. And I think these people are way smarter than educated Indians and many people in USA who have 3-4 kids. When they can't even provide proper education. May be you should visit local county office. You will see long line of people with kids and no income. They rely on our TAX money to feed themselves and children. At least Pundir brothers found solutions to it. One of the biggest problem we are facing today is population growth around world. May be one of us should consider going to that village and spending a year and live same lifestyle as locals.

For years so many Men has multiple wives and no one talks about how Women feels about sharing husband. So why are we making such a big deal about how MEN feel.

@Belinda –

I doubt highly they have Bibles and Churches there. That's your belief, not theirs.

@Kingsley -

Who are they getting the STD's from? They are not having relationships outside of their marriages, or there community for that matter. An STD would have to be brought in. And who cares who the "father" is? As long as the kids feel loved and are fed....

Kingsley- They live on the side of steep hill and a place very hard to get to. The marriages are arranged. I don't think they have too much to worry about in terms of STDs if they're so isolated. A blood test for paternity could be done if they even cared to do it.

Mohini– How do you see incest? It's not like the brothers are sleeping with each other. And I really doubt the kids would marry? How do you make that leep?

Oh what the hell same sex marriages in the U.S. i.e. gay men and lesbians are getting legally married why not these people? Besides, there are too many people in the world anyways, it's possible to love and be "in" love with more than just one person. If they aren't hurting or killing anyone with what they believe in, let them be together as they please. What's important here is no one is getting killed in the process!!

Hmmm... doesn't this practice fall in the category of "consenting adults"? Isn't it in some ways, comparable to (but probably more moral) than wife-swapping, adultery, premarital sex with multiple partners, etc, that goes on in every country and culture in varying degrees? Also, if God could be persuaded to help humanity, aren't there more pressing problems for Her/Him to solve than polyandry/polygamy – like terrorism, rapes, child abuse, starvation, fires, earthquakes, global-warming, sickness, recession and ... narrow-mindedness?

There are plenty of men with multiple wives in many societies. And this is acceptable. Why can't women have multiple husbands? Personally, I believe in one man and one woman as healthy marriage. But, this is my belief.

Strictly, under the Indian Penal Code, this is adultery under section 497.

This is not accepted by the society, either.

In one of the Hindu epics known as "Mahabharta", five Pandav brothers married a princess named "Drupadi".

Given what's in the actual story (not this blog) in which a teen girl says she would not want to have two husbands, I doubt that the women want to have multiple husbands. They have multiple husbands who usually are brothers because that's the way to keep from having to divide between brothers the family's small plots of land.

Given how women are treated in India, where female infanticide is high particularly in poor areas, and where "bride burning" is a phenomenon, I doubt that having more than one husband means anything to women except having more men to take care of - in all meanings of the word.

I doubt it means the woman would be getting more pampering.

Remember, too, the marriages are arranged marriages, not ones in which the spouses are choosing each other. It seems the only choice that is occuring is between brothers who decide to share one wife.

It sounds like a very dismal situation to me.

How do we know that this is not the “Will of God?” We look in the bible and find that many men had two wives. This was culturally acceptable. If we are going to go into the “Will of God” then we need to go the 50% of Americans that get a Divorce and the people that marry them after they have been divorced once.
Then the person that has made the comment about STD’s must not know that the same concept applies, if they are the only people that they are having sex with then they are not opening themselves up to STD’s. Now if any one of they go out and have sex with 10 other people without either of them knowing about it then yes, I would agree that it would open themselves up to STD’s.
Mark Twain said that "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on those accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." If this is their cultural and they find that this works best for them then I say continue and work it they best way that they can. If they grow to find that they think others ways and culture’s may benefit them and their needs then change.

I think GOD forbid this is the most destructive practice and I request to the humane rights orgnizations should come foward and safeguard the humane race/society from its total destruction.To curb this practice the peolple should be educated ,immediate measures should be taken and I think that those people are not aware of its destructive elements.

A woman with two or more husband and husband being brothers? This is unbelievable but onthe otehr hand anything is possible under the sun. At least they made it open unlike those that have secret affairs with series of men or women of the same clan. But May the Lord hasten his return before it gets out of control.

I fact Great Story of MAHA BHARATA of India says , the Draupadi was having Five hasband called pandva. Named Udhistir , Bhim , Arjun , Nakul & Sahdev

Why polyandry versus polygyny is seen as more "unnatural"? Bees are a polyandrous community and who doesn't like honey- it sure doesn't come from polygyny or monogamous communities. I'm sure her children know they are cared for and likely can guess who their father is. Anyways, Americans don't need to go to India to find written documentation of polyandrous marriages since there were instances all the way from South America to the Artic Circle. I just hope her husbands might consider helping out with some of her chores. I guess that can still be universal problem whether one has one or two husbands.

In India nothing is unusal . Most respected Indian God "Lord Krisna" was having 16000 wives. He says I am the only "Purush" men.Devotee either men or women worship him as "swami" the husband.

Well, it's plain to see we've got to take some action here. I say we send in the military, occupy the village, import a free-market society, democracy, and some acceptable social mores. How can we live with ourselves if we do any less?

What do the husbands do while this poor woman is cutting the grass, milking the cows, and cooking the meals? You would think one of them would help out. I wonder if it was her choice to have two husbands. With polygamy, it's usually the man's choice to take on more than one wife. I can't imagine this woman volunteered to have two husbands when she's doing all the work.

Its their culture but it needs adjustment.it may seem natural to them but its unhealthy and risky. DIseases would spread easily.the womans sex life would be overused. What if the men are all horse powers?

WHY go to HIMALAYAS, right in the village of perattil,between Varkala and Attingal, Chirayankil Taluq,KERALA it happened in 1940s – three brothers sharing a wife' children never worry about the biological father.
Eldest husband an Ayurveda practioner,second a farmer and third a very handsome university educated young man with a number village girls after him.In one affair the third husband put a pretty village lassie in a family way.
All her pleadings to him to honour her predicament met with rejection.Finally she staged a satyagraha at his massive gate steps .
The lady – wife of the three appeared and told that miserable girl that when she was there to look after the marital needs of the 3 brothers, why you come andencroach on my territory.As a young school boy I was a silent witness.

Only in the US are people so arrogant as to look down upon practices that have been common for centuries in, not only other parts of the world but right here! We "Native Americans" had multiple marriage practices for practical reasons. One of these reasons was the systematic slaughter/genocide of the young warriors by.......you guessed it! The same self righteous, ignorant people condeming these practices today. So much for "understanding" and "freedom", it hasn't changed since before the "Indian wars".

Polyandry and ploygamy are quite common in the west too ! Lover and wife, mistress and husband, other denominations, but much of the same.

that's it? you didn't mention anything about the kids or if the woman likes being married to two husbands? or what the men do in the marriage to support themselves? or is their being there strictly carnal. the story ending needs a more complete ending. it felt like you just left us hanging, so why bother wasting the money to go to the exotic place for a story many women might appreciate when you leave it so incomplete?

Kingsley no offence or disrespect but why the argument of STD's or unhealthy relationship?Does not the western world practice lesbianism and homosexuality?Aren't the western world also have something called adultery,where one spouse is having affairs outside of marriage? Then there is the famous line WHO IS THE FATHER OF MY CHILD/BABY?SO isnt health care and unhealthy relationship an issue in the western world..Then why highlight it when another country do the same..How many kids in the western world live with step parents or single parents which clearly means unhealthy relationships..How many teens/young people have AIDS or some STD"s..THINK about it..Thus making the world normal..

When I get married, I want to marry 1 guy in a small chapel in a country without divorce. BUT, I am not here to air my moral prejudice. If it works for them , then so be it. Managing sex is pretty much a given question. I would have asked the woman if she love them both equally. Afterall, most women "make love" to guys they only love or are very attracted to.

I feel really sorry for the woman. This sharing thing, I don't know how her body can handle two men. One man can be so demanding, so I can't imagine two or more. They must be immortionally and physically suffering but because they don't want to bring shame on themselves and their families, they just take it in. May God help the women.

For some people it's hard to even stay married to one person, let alone, more than one!

I don't believe in Polygamy but I do admire those who can manage it!

I think two hubbies might be a good idea... ESPECIALLY if they are brothers. Why? Because brotherws are generally competitive with each other and will be competitive in their kindness and giving to the woman ( hopefully). Not to mention in the bedroom ; )

I would be troubled at the "who's the daddy" topic for the kids. But then again, they would have two fathers... Here in the USA alot of kids will never know their father or his name.

On the other hand, estimates in USA are that more than 15% of men are raising children who they THINK are thiers biologically but are not.
How dat happen? Still on the other foot, with the divorce rate so high in the USA, women DO have multiple husbands... just not at the same time. Many good points and bad points on this topic.

This situation has nothing to with the woman wanting two husbands. These brothers are part of an arranged marriage in which the woman has no say just double the work. She is as trapped as any other woman that has no say in what happens because of the so called cultural norms – whether it be multiple wives or husbands. This is being done because it suits the men not the woman.

the story is not one owman have multiple husbands,...the story is multiple men sharing a woman......people are speaking as if the woman has a choice in this matter....she has to service two men, take care of a house and a family.....

In the animal reign we found some that have only one partner for life. It's only in human reign, called superior, we find stupid things like polygamy, polyandry, group sex, couple exchange, paedophilia, lesbianism, gay marriage. Where is the wisdom? Who is wise?

This is nothing like polyamory in the US – there is economic necessity, and children.

It is also not incest. In fact, since half-cousins are also half-siblings, and siblings have a natural aversion, it will decrease consanguinity.

Thanks to selective abortion, in some parts of India and China there are 10 boys for every 9 girls. This won't be so unusual in ten years or so.

Syed, if man is by nature polygamous and woman monogamous, why did the deity make the same number of both?

Each family has one plot of land that they farm. It is probably not a very big plot. If the family has 2 sons and both boys want to marry – and have children of their own – the 2 sons, their wives, and their grandchildren would have to live off this same plot, or split it. When the grandsons grow up and want to marry, they are faced with the same problem: there is still only one small plot of ground to support them. The boys could leave the village, but where would they go? The second additional sons could remain celibate, but they don't want to. If they share a wife and cooperate they solve, or at least reduce, the problem of finite lands. These "simple" people have recognized a problem and solved it to the best of their ability. Doesn't God help those who help themselves?

Somehow we in the west,always associate ourselves with the Right principles and the Right ideologies all the time. Why? Because we are educated? Because we know Right from Wrong? But who are we to say what is right or wrong? Who's defined these rules? No one but us...

If there are customs and traditions that seem bizarre and wrong to us, that's just what we believe in...that's just the ideology that's in us... For all we know, they might be thinking the same way about us...

Well to me this piece of article is not news I have known this practice in Himanchal Pradesh which is state located among high Himalayas to foot hill Himalayas . Again as many of you pointed out in socio economic structure of terrain has impact on the ways tribal rituals are framed. This is exactly one of these cases.
The part of India described in this arcticle correspond to very high terrain which might be any where between 2500 to 4000 m above sea level. As the author points out the way to commute to these place is on foot through country tracks .
Most of tribes living in high aultitude are having hunting and gathering background also explains the reason that most of high aultitude civilization have been more belligrent than those in planes who are irrigators. Hence Men in these house have lower life expectency than women as they are hunters . India traditionally has had clear demarcation of activities for men and women which makes women naturally nurturers of house and men the bread earners. These over generations have become more of rule and any one breaking rule till last 20 years back would have raised quite a few eyebrows. These things are though not applicable to urban india are still applicable to remote areas like one mentioned in the article. Again polyandry is because a. Men in these areas are not popular to get girls from plains as the hardship of there lives and customary diffrences which leaves them with pretty little options.b. life expectancy of men on the terrain has been less (because of hunting practices in past) and in current days it is practice for men to leave house for going to urban places for work leaving behind family at home to take care of elders (which is again important in Indian customs) . Again extramarital sex is much bigger taboo in india than in US or other western countries hence STD has nt been traditionally a problem in these places. But due to development in last few years these things are changing .Also with rise of development such practices are on its natural way down.
AGAIN to point out india is traditionally a very conservative country and generally polyandry, polygamy and divorce are pretty rare in india.

Hi, just one comment, :IN THE OPENING OF YOUR PROGRAMME: YOU SAID THAT PROPHET MOHHAMMED HAD 400 wives, WHO told you that ? YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT.

I dont agree with Syeds comment. It is not right for man or woman to do this. Hello!!! Man an women are equal and are see the same in the eyes of God. This is not right at all. I understand they have their different beliefs and this is normal and right to them but it should not be going on.

the woman is truly nothing more than enslaved to the whims of the brothers,; the duties of motherhood, wife and sperm receptacle

This is well known in India. It is a central tenet to the Mahabharata when Draupathi is married to five brothers.

Obama can talk and he appears to be smooth.. SO are professional
liars. Lawyers are taught to be smooth talkers. They are taught to
film-flam, twist facts and make the truth look like a lie vice-versa.

Past history, performance, past associations, past religious connections. Failure to put his hand over his heart when they play the Nationa Anthem, Wife only proud to Be a American..cust he husband is runnign. If American Gets Oboma,,, then that's what they deserve. But that not what our childern, and Grand-childern deserve.
Look how Bill CLinton changed American... "I did not have sex..."

please don't drag God into this picture.. for some, this is a solution and not the end of the world as many of you see it!! It's all about opening your mind and learning from different cultures and their ways of life instead of being judgemental from your point of view!!

if they're ok with it, so be it!

This is not a marriage it's crazy

This tradition is common in some parts of North India in Himalaya region and Bordering country Nepal.

In one of the oldest and longest EPIC known to mankind named 'MAHABHARAT' the main characheters are 5 brothers known as PANDAVA.They share one wife among them.

The EPICS MAHABAHAT and RAMAYAN have infleunced the Indian cluture inmore tahn one way.The tradition seems to be effect of the same.

However with contacts with urban parts increasing this tradition is reducing.

To avoid the division of land among brothers is also one of main purpose of this tradition.

As citizens of a country we are obligated to follow the laws of that country no matter where we live. Suppose we live in a remote village, we may not indulge in anything that's unpatriotic or against the laws of that country. Similarly, when we buy a music system, we may play whatever music or songs we like but we do refer to the manual to know how to handle and maintain the system else we may damage

it. In other words it is said "ignorantia non-excusat". We are expected to follow traffic rules, road rules and many rules and regulations that make it easy for all to live in a society. We ought to know the laws of the country, rules of each and every department etc.

Similarly, religion shows us the way how to lead life in this world. Every religion has its own MANUAL like the Bible, Quran, Granth, Vedas etc. We are expected to learn, understand and follow these Life Manuals. Culture and traditions are MAN-MADE and they should have their own boundaries.

I do hope that whatever religion these brothers follow should study their regligious books and they will be on the right path.

Well, if one looks at it from the equality point of view, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. This is more so in Africa and Asia where men have more than one wife. However, when I watched the documentry "Faces of Polygamy" I could not help but see the hopelessness on the woman's face and even on the faces of her husbands. What is even worrisome to me is the fact that their 2 sons have agreed to marry the same woman.

This tradition is archaic and it is fuelled by poverty and illiteracy. If only the wealth of the world could go round .... May God save us from choices that are too difficult for us

Oh my gosh! who in the world would want SEVERAL husbands? One is enough. God knows they don't share most of the housework or child-rearing and look how hard she has to work in the fields. On top of that – she has to think about sex! NO WAY!!

One pèrson said it is not will of God. Certainly not but, in some circumstance God allow us those things which are restricted but, after practicing once people make their tradition.

Its simply a crazy tradition. What is this world turning into?

Getting married to who ever you want and how many people you want shouldnt be restricted, because marriage is every ones right. If the west accept homesexuality it doesnt mean it should accepted by all other countries but the choices that one make in life should be respected no matter the different values we adopt.

Wow! Too bad we didn't practice that here in the United States. Except for one difference, the men would contribute more. Why have two husbands and still have to work your butt off? Just a thought...

I'm not a fanatic, but I will quote from the Bible, "Judge not, lest ye be judged". What seems wrong to us, may not seem so wrong to another when seen from their own point of view. Personally, I would wonder about issues such as jealousy, etc... Although in our minds, as we sit here in comfort in our houses, reading these articles on our computers, we think her life must be awful, can we be sure it is? Sure she works hard – I'll bet that her husbands also work hard, as welI as their children.
I think it is up to the people themselves to decide whether or not they agree with their custom, which, although strange to us, seems to work for them. As far as God coming to stop all this, I will say this – there is one God who created all of us. If he wanted to stop it all, he would. He gave us brains and emotions and allows us to live and make our own choices, and God alone will be our judge. I'm not going to judge these people when I do not live in their shoes, and struggle their struggles. I will try to understand. I don't have to agree.

the story ended very abruptly. What did the woman have to say?

oh dear, you holier than thou americans! how dare you point fingers at the traditions and customs of the developing countries that have helped us survive and maintain sanity in a crazy world where standards are set by the 'righteous' americans? what would you rather? we dropped polyandry and pick up lesbianism, or gayism, or divorce after every other year? i bet majority of you are chrisitians, but why is the divorce rate highest in america? polygamy and polyandry has worked just fine for us, our children belong, they dont take up drugs in search of belonging, and all that kind of stuff. clean up your house america, and stop setting the standards for the rest of the peaceful world! if it were not for america, we would not have so much war in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its not such a big deal – many men cheat on their wives, maybe with two they may not feel the need to. Many men have enough trouble with just one and couldnt fathom another.

Many of earths animals have harems, and we are one of earths animals- so why not. Nothing saying that you cant love more than one person.

A lot is being made in this debate about traditions, history, economics, religion, etc. But none of this matters. All that matters is that polyandry seems to work fine for these three people. If it works for them, it should work for us.

"Live and let live" is a core value of Western civilization...or, at least, it used to be.

Sid

Kergit wrote: October 24th, 2008 919 GMT

A woman having more husbands? I always thought it is not possible, but this is too much.

But then again with all this equality talk going on especially in developing countries and affirmative action, if a man can have more wives, why cant a woman have many husbands?

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It is my opinion that a husband having more than one wife isnt that bad – there are more women in the world then men so not every woman would be able to get married otherwise.... point #2 . If one man has multiple wives, at least the women know who the daddy is. When a woman married 2 or more men, how does she know who the father is of what child? Maybe her child will grow up mistakenly calling her uncle "daddy" its weird to me, but that is my opinion

My goodness, what does the poor wife get out of this arrangement.? She may get twice the sex, but she surely gets more than twice the work and the two men sitting there, what do they contribute to the equation?

What you guys have not noted here is the SEX RATIO of the region. These areas have ration of <800 females to 1000 males....What's the solution to such problem....

Polyandry is simple the best way to work marriage in areas where there are few resources. When you see cultural traditions, you have to realize that there must be some reason for them. Cultures are rarely something made up on a whim and practiced just for the heck of it.

In an area like this, with little and very poor agricultural land, it can be very difficult to support a family, so it is very necessary to have as much land as possible to provide for them. This marriage system has developed to deal with these issues. In this kind of situation, splitting a property between sons is unthinkable because there wouldn't be enough to provide for multiple families. If all the sons marry the same woman, they keep all the land together. All the men will then provide for children, all of whom are closely related to them.

What people need to realize is that different cultures aren't crazy just because they are different from what they consider to be normal. Cultures tend to be incredible well adapted to their environmental conditions. Everyone should take a look and think before judging someone else's traditions as weird and stupid.

i am sorry bu ti am really disapointed by the quality of stories cnn is producing.
all you talked about – was poor you and the camera man having to take a bus on a winding road and having to walk with gear.

there are 3 sentances on the actual title of the article. you told us nothing of value or importance.

where and why did this custome start? what laws govern this practice. what about the children. etc.... etc...

So what did the wife have to say?

I did it for three years. It worked out great for my wife, until I found out about it.

Like it's never happened before. Are you kidding?

Are the last two sentences really "If it rains too hard we won’t get down the hillside in time and the roads could get washed away. We begin our trek back down," or am I just too stupid to find the link to the rest of the article?

I was interested in learning about their culture and their views on this marriage arrangement. Apparently, once the author got her answer about the "sex" question, she felt there was nothing left to report.

This article is basically gawking at these people who have different traditions without any attempt to try to understand it.

Angela do I know you? you sound a lot like my girlfriend. Who's also named angela.

I find discoveries of this nature quite fascinating because it's so different from my own society and culture. Though I could never picture being put in this type of arrangement it's interesting to know it exists.
Nice to know that polygamy doesn't just exist with the common notion of a man marrying many woman, but that it can also exist vice versa. A very interesting topic for an anthropology/sociology class.