This is where women are allowed to have some men (Video)

The Welt newspaper, in the shorter version, has published a chapter from this book.

Chewang Droje and his older brother Nima Doje look like hippies from the big city: wear jeans, modern hair models and have their bodies maintained. They give the impression of 19 years of age, and they actually have 27 and 28 years.

They have never come down below the village of Cumling, in the Tsum Valley, at an altitude of 2,400m in the Nepal section of the Himalayas.

“Up here we have everything we need for life: wheat, potatoes, barley and soybeans, few vegetables, we make taspa (traditional from roasted cereals), we have plenty of straw for animals”, says Chewang during the break from delivery.

The steep path leads to their home, not far from the village entrance”.

Here they live with two children, their mother, their aunt, and their wife, Navajo. Two brothers separate a woman, and her child is of little importance, broadcasts a newspaper.net.

The older brother, the five-year-old boy, says to “baba”, and the other is officially “ja”. The family lives in perfect harmony. The boy plays with both brothers, while Navanchedu smiles and breastfeeds the baby.

Although the residents of the Valley of Happiness do not want to talk about it, politics is common practice here. Because of the law, these marriages are not registered in the municipality. Katmandu is a few days away, while half of the valley population have no birth certificate and no passport to talk about reveals the author.

Polyandria has been introduced by practical reasons. A man can work in the field, a wife can raise her children, work in the garden, and prepare food, while the other man goes to work, the builder, or other villagers. So a wife and children are not left alone if a man does.

In addition, there were not enough females in the valley, since it was customary for the second girl to be sent to the monastery, which was the only opportunity for girls to be educated.

This tradition has led to male excesses. The chances of any girl from abroad reporting were few because life in a cold climate was not very appealing in isolation.

The absence of women, a few jobs, many brothers who were entitled to property have led many young men to seek work in India or the United Arab Emirates.

In addition, polyanderia had the function of natural anti - pregnancy vehicle: When some men live with a woman, fewer children are born, while the number and size of property from generation to generation does not change because it is divided among the heirs.

In the Doreja, the two men have their own rooms, and the woman sleeps with the baby. What about marriage obligations?

“Here must be equal divide. None of the two men dare to be impressed that the woman loves her more”, Annu quotes one of the inhabitants of the valley.