unusual marriages...

I am not quite sure why anyone would do this, but I am not saying that it is completely wrong. For the thing in your province, I think that while it might sound strange, it might also be something from a long time ago, and it could be possible. I myself can't think of anything.

Hi, liaamur again! This is very unusual! I don't know what can make a person to marry like this.. It is very odd.. I just wonder how do they make out, kiss and have kids.. There is no way.. I really don't understand what is the mind of people these days..

Nothing weirder than what you've already stated. About the girl marrying the banana tree, I guess it's okay because that's their tradition. The thought has been passed on from generations and generations, we can't question their psychological upbringing because it's deeply rooted with their ethnicity. I have read a similar story about that, where in a village in India (a very remote village) they actually have a tradition of two brothers sharing a wife. Yeah, it may sound absurd to us, but it was their upbringing, and no one can question that. They do have reasons about it because that village was actually a poor village, and they pass on their generations the land. If two brothers go out and marry a wife each, the land would be divided in half, thus as generations go by the land would surely be divided till no one could really live out of it. That's why it's actually 'practical' for them to share a wife thus the land won't need to be divided. However, I do question those people who marry their dog, or a dolphin. Surely, there's some loose screws in those. It's really sad hearing, seeing, or reading about those people who just take marriage for granted. They treat marriage as something to be done for fun. Many no longer take marriage seriously and it's hurting families.

Certainly, that is strange enough for me. I couldn't believe nowadays, 21 century, we still got some people believe in such things, Incredible that is what I am gonna say.

I'm certainly sure that people doing silly stunts like this are only trying to get attention, or else they are just plain crazy! Seriously, a tree? Come on! If you are in love and want to get married to another person, even if that marriage may not work out, it is a real thing, and not just some promotional stunt. Marriage has become a joke, and people should not give any attention to people who are just making more fun of the institution!

hi liaamur.... i have also heard stories like that.. but i find it very creepy.. i mean i cant really judge them coz its what they believe but i think no person in his right mind would marry something that could never reciprocate the love that he/she can give...but i doubt if there is love in those kind of marriages.. maybe just influenced by beliefs or part of a religion or something...or maybe obsession

Hmm yes, there are these things in different cultures. Here in India among Hindu astrology there is a belief that some men or women have a bad influence on ther horoscope...the bad influence would result in the spouse of this person dying. So before an actual marriage takes place, the person with the bad influence, marries either an animal or a tree in the hope that the bad influence passes on to it and the human spouse get protected.

Such marriages have been in news in India for a long time.Girl being married to a dog to ward off evil or man marrying a female dog to atone his sins attacking and killing dogs.Even marrying off to plantain tree was there in news few months ago.

How does one marry ana inanimate object such as a tree? How is this even allowed? I can understand a ritual being carried out for a symbolic marriage for whatever reason, but are these marriages recongnized by the states where these people live? As for marrying an animal... well, what is the point of that?