12/03/2012

Mass Wedding For 'Village Of Prostitutes'

A village in Gujarat, India, has hosted a mass wedding and engagement ceremony for 21 girls in a bid to stop them from being pushed into prostitution.

The event on Sunday saw saw eight couples married and 13 others engaged in a huge marquee in Wadia village.


"Prostitution is a tradition which this community adopted for ages and it has been very normal for them. They did not think they were doing anything wrong. But it is uncivilised, indecent," Vijay Bhatt, development officer for Banaskantha district, told Reuters.

"By marrying and engaging these girls we have been able to break this culture. Once a girl is married, she is out of the profession. Once she is even engaged, she is out of this nexus."

(GK)

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