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| women on their periods are banished to a hut without walls and have to bear freezing temperatures |
In a certain village at the heart
of Surkhet District in western Nepal, women who are menstruating are expelled
from their homes and forced to sleep in tiny huts with no walls.
In this village, it is a taboo for
menstruating women to touch food, cattle or men. Therefore they have to be
expelled from home. see more pictures below
Several women have forced to sleep in huts
without walls and endure freezing cold in an extremely bizarre ritual
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| Nepalese women sit by the fire as they live in a chhaupadi hut during their menstruation period |
The villagers here believe that women can
bring bad omen when attending their periods, which is why the rituals are
performed.
It is said
that the deadly Hindu ritual is performed in order to keep the evil spirits at
bay and prevent bad things from happening in the village.
The Hindus
have allegedly been practising these extremely bizarre rituals for centuries
and are evidently not about to stop despite criticisms and condemnations from
human rights activists who think it’s barbaric and tantamount to gross
violation of women’s rights.
A number of women have since died as a result
of the uncouth practice.
photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES
my opinion
let the government look into the matter, this is inhuman and devilish. authorities should get the people involve in the act and arrest them.
are those people under government, if they are, the government should be able to stand up against the ill treatment being meted on women in that country
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