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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.50,0:00:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called polyandry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.33,0:00:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One woman, several
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.30,0:00:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Husbands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.69,0:00:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an unusual arrangement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.31,0:00:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, polyandry\Nonly persists in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.87,0:00:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isolated villages\Nin the Himalayas.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.59,0:00:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.18,0:00:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it was time\Nfor Sunita Kumari to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.23,0:00:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wed, her family, like\Nmany in India, made
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.02,0:00:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arrangements.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.31,0:00:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they involved more than
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.01,0:00:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dowry and celebration.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.30,0:00:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sunita has not
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.20,0:00:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one husband, not two\Nhusbands, but three,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.57,0:00:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all brothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.36,0:00:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What must their life be like?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.78,0:00:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.72,0:00:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Westerners might\Nfind the practice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.35,0:00:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shocking, but for this\Ncommunity it works
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.82,0:00:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.06,0:00:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One reason: sheer practicality.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.95,0:00:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.56,0:00:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Himalayas, arable\Nland is scarce.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.93,0:00:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Farms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.77,0:00:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are tiny.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.27,0:00:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If each generation divided
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.62,0:00:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each family's holdings,\Neveryone would
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.89,0:01:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starve.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.88,0:01:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Polyandry preserves the farm and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.14,0:01:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the family's future.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.89,0:01:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike most men in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.86,0:01:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India, husbands\Nhere handle domestic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.66,0:01:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,duties.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.34,0:01:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're willing to help with the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.90,0:01:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cooking and childcare.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.75,0:01:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fraternal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.97,0:01:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,polyandry, a family\Npicks a wife for its
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.32,0:01:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oldest son.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.55,0:01:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The marriage can also include
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.57,0:01:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his younger brothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.96,0:01:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.16,0:01:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,join in, but most do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.06,0:01:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.93,0:01:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one takes a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.58,0:01:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decision regarding\None's own marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.05,0:01:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone at home sits\Ndown together and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.48,0:01:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it is decided\Nwith the consent of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.31,0:01:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.06,0:01:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Polyandry also functions as a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.92,0:01:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form of birth control.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.39,0:01:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how many
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.63,0:01:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,husbands she has, a\Nwife can get pregnant
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.21,0:01:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only so often.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.58,0:01:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If each man were to wed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.13,0:01:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separately, the\Npopulation here would
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.23,0:01:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explode.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.49,0:01:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about sex,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.93,0:01:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the forbidden core\Nof a polyandry taboo?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.55,0:02:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In truth, it's a matter\Nof scheduling and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.50,0:02:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the wife's part, forbearance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.18,0:02:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tolerance is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.95,0:02:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.03,0:02:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wife has to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.37,0:02:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.40,0:02:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The older brother’s nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.32,0:02:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.82,0:02:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,younger brother’s nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.86,0:02:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.85,0:02:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about jealousy,\Nthat bane of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.29,0:02:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the most mundane marriage?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.32,0:02:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the wife
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.87,0:02:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is smart, she will\Ntake turns each night
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.70,0:02:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sleep with all the brothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.53,0:02:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.68,0:02:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like the older\Nbrother wants her the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.04,0:02:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.55,0:02:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.36,0:02:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until recently, no\None here much cared
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.85,0:02:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the outside world thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.62,0:02:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isolation had
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.93,0:02:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preserved a way of life that had
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.65,0:02:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,withered everywhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.06,0:02:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a road now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.97,0:02:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,links the region\Nto distant cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.66,0:02:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.75,0:03:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on roofs once decorated\Nonly with prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.40,0:03:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flags,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.53,0:03:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,satellite dishes sprout.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.02,0:03:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This village has
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.06,0:03:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entered the modern\Nworld whose images of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.18,0:03:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,romance stand in\Nsharp contrast to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.99,0:03:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,polyandry.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.61,0:03:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But polyandry here faces a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.49,0:03:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bigger threat: education.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.86,0:03:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.44,0:03:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As more people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.83,0:03:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are becoming more\Neducated we are also
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.07,0:03:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practicing family planning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.81,0:03:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a father
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.70,0:03:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has only one son\Nthere will be no
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.70,0:03:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,question about the\Nland, therefore, common
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.32,0:03:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marriages will come to an end.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.78,0:03:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In two,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.21,0:03:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps three\Ngenerations, polyandry may
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.80,0:03:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vanish here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.17,0:03:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for now, those who
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.40,0:03:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practice it find\Ncomfort in the familiar.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.10,0:03:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.96,0:03:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, myself, feel that common\Nmarriage is very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.54,0:03:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.69,0:03:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like everyone\Nshould live like our
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.33,0:03:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.67,0:03:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if we do not have anything
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.15,0:04:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat or drink, we\Nsit happily, we live
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.91,0:04:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peacefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.68,0:04:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English (auto-generated)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.44,0:04:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,