In India it is a national tradition to have an arranged marriage. An arranged marriage is when two people are getting wed, without necessarily loving or knowing each other before the wedding. It’s often the two families who make an alliance to take share in each other riches and stay strongly positioned in the hierarchy.
A wedding is and always will be a big deal. In the western society it can seem odd for two people to get married without having approved of one another. Whilst in India they seem disciplined to accept the fate laid before them and trust their marriage guidance. And this discipline might be the key to a happy marriage. Having the duty towards your relatives, a marriage is more likely to succeed and therefore not ending in divorce. Which we see happens with approximately fifty percent of marriages in Denmark.
The importance of the alliance between the families is of crucial meaning to the family. In the Indian communities the government has little influence. Therefore the alliances between families are of vital importance. In emergencies you would consult your family before anything. With the arranged marriages as a guaranty for the family’s survival it can’t be up to the individual to decide their significant other.
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