| Show married Alar ried to a tree the hindu believes it is unlucky to marry a third time therefore a man who has had two wives and wants to marry again first goes through the ceremony of being married to a tree which becomes his third wife then he marries his chosen chose n bride the tree is draped in yellow cotton and a sari the principal robe of a hindu woman is placed beside it water is then poured round it three times the customary screen is erected between the bride and bridegroom and the usual bridal necklace is placed round a branch of the tree immediately after the ceremony the tree is cut down and burned and the bridegroom marries the woman of his choice |
