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A WEDDING IN INDIA

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 4, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 9.

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A WEDDING IN INDIA.

A WEDDING ring in India is an immense nose ring which often hangs below the girl's chin. A beautiful little girl of twelve years was presented with an elegant ring. Her father informed her that it was the gift of the husband, who was coming next week to the wedding feast. There is little or no ceremony, merely a grand feast and an exchange of presents. Upon the day appointed the little one, bedecked with jewels, arrayed in handsome clothing, in all her beauty, stepped forward to meet the bridegroom, whom she had never seen. Behold, he was white with leprosy! Turning an appealing glance toward her father, who frowningly motioned her to advance, she approached the leper. A priest mumbled a few words, threw a sash over their heads, and they were man and wife.—Housekeeper.