There are some things you never know and when you are taught, it becomes permanent in your brain- this is what we call "Learning". Learning is a relatively permanent change in an individual. Would you want to forget something you were taught in school or anywhere? Even if you have forgotten and you find someone to give you an hint, you remember immediately what you were taught even in your primary school.
We were taught types of marriage in class last week and Polyandry Marriage was mentioned. Sincerely, that was my first time hearing that and even when I got home, I made more research on it and the countries that practiced it.
What is Polyandry Marriage?
This is a type of marriage whereby a woman is allowed to marry more than one husbands. A wife with two or more husbands joined together is called Polyandry Marriage.
I have known about a man getting married to more than one wives which is very common but the case of a woman being joined together to two or more husbands is something else to me. This also means when the wife gives birth to children, the husbands owns them and share sexual bond and access to the wife equally. So, this means when the wife satisfies a man on bed, she gives it round to other husbands too and no form of partiality there.
According to Google, polyandry is being practiced in 5 countries which are;
NIGERIA: Nigeria is one of the countries that practices polyandry marriage but it's limited to a particular tribe called "Irigwe" of Northern Nigeria. Irigwe is located in Plateau State. Though the marriage was said to be outlawed in year 1968 even though we don't know if it is still being practiced in some other tribes apart from the said tribe above.
INDIA: Research made us to know that India has more than one tribes that practiced Polyandry and also there was a woman named Draupadi who was the daughter of King Panchala who married five brothers and they believed that the tradition must continue that way.
"According to a survey of 753 Tibetan families by Tibet University in 1988, it was found out that 13% practiced Polyandry." Source
KENYA: Polyandry is practiced in this country and it isn't seen as something bad but a law which was made there. They do not forbid those practicing it at all. In August 2013, there was a case where Kenyan witnessed two different men who fell in love with a woman and they married themselves.
CHINA: China is said to be practicing what is called "Fraternal Polyandry". This is a kind of marriage in which a woman marries more than two men who are related or brothers. This fraternal polyandry is so common among the Tibet in the Nepal parts of China and India.
China believed that a child can have more than one father since the husbands have equal access to the woman they married. They encouraged the practice the more especially in a case where the family is poor and sharing the properties becomes a problem to them from separate fathers, they then decide to keep the properties and marry the same woman so as to have equal access to the properties.
SOUTH AMERICA: Polyandry is also practiced in this country especially with the Bororos. It is also a law in there and no legal action is taken against anyone practicing it.
I believed we have been lectured this morning as I have also gained something before now because I was keen to know more about Polyandry Marriage, I went in search online and I got what I was looking for.
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|December 13, 2021|
Onyyy! That is unique.