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Soillse: Series 5: Episode 2: Ceathrar Bhràithrean is Aon Bhean/Gharjuwa, Bride from the Forgotten Valley

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Episode 2: Ceathrar Bhràithrean is Aon Bhean/Gharjuwa, Bride from the Forgotten Valley

Series 5

Ceathrar Bhràithrean is Aon Bhean/Gharjuwa, Bride from the Forgotten Valley

BBC ALBA - Soillse, Series 5, Ceathrar Bhràithrean is Aon Bhean/Gharjuwa, Bride from the Forgotten Valley

Documentary about the Nyimba people in Nepal, who practise fraternal polyandry.

Documentary on the practice of fraternal polyandry among the Nyimba people in Nepal.

Tha muinntir Nyimba a' fuireach ann an gleann ann an Nepal, agus seo far a bheil Gharjuwa agus a teaghlach. Tha teaghlaichean Nyimba stèidhichte air ioma-phòsaidhean bràtharail, le aon bhean agus aon dachaigh aig geach teaghlach.

Tha Gharjuwa pòsta aig gach bràthair ann an teaghlach, agus seo sgeulachd a beatha, far a bheil co-roinn agus dlùthachd eadar i fhèin agus a ceathrar fhear a thug dhi a ceathrar chloinne

In the valley of the Nyimba people, in Nepal, lives Gharjuwa and her family. The Nyimba practise fraternal polyandry where each family is built round a sole household and a sole wife. 

Gharjuwa is married to all the brothers from one family. This is her story of a life of sharing and solidarity beside her four husbands who bore her four children.

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