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Ehee (bel marriage)
The girls are ready for the Ehee(bel marriage), The girls in the newar community get married with the bel fruit(wood apple) on their pre-adolescent age with the belief that girl become and remain fertile throughout her life , It is believed that even her husband died later on her life she is not considered as a widow, newari girls get married two time with bel and sun before her first mensuration, is a symbolic representation of girl getting married with nature so that she will not be alone.
Photo Details
| Date Taken: | Feb 9, 2019 |
| Date Uploaded: | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Location: | Bhaktapur, Mid Western Region, Nepal |
| Camera: | NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D810 |
| Focal Length: | 28 mm |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/400 sec |
| Aperture: | f/1.8 |
| ISO: | 1000 |
| Copyright: | © Bhishma Thapa |
| Categories: | Culture, People, Places |
| Assignments: | Rites of Passage |