Much of today's show is culled from experiences with married folks in West Africa, Guatemala and the Caucuses. Those marriages and those people, including lovely couples who have come and shared their Hindu arranged married stories with me in an academic setting, create the fodder for today's conversation. For more on this, join us for trip to the old world. Once COVID finds its way past, we will again be taking people to visit our friends in the places where we work. Come along and learn as we have learned. Peace!

Further Reading:
Stephanie Coontz, History of Marriage
Polygamy and Islam
Hinduism and Marriage Rites
Peter Paul Rubens and Descent from the Cross

Music provided by Edward Gares / Pond5.com

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