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Distressing footage shows a five-year-old girl crying uncontrollably as she is dragged through a wedding ceremony in a forced marriage in India.
The child, struggling to walk in her miniature sari, is seen holding her 11-year-old husband’s hand as a priest scolds her and leads them around a ceremonial fire.
The child was one of many boys and girls being wed at a mass ceremony in Rajasthan, which has some of the highest rates of underage marriage in India
The child, struggling to walk in her miniature sari, is seen holding her 11-year-old husband’s hand as a priest scolds her and leads them around a ceremonial fire.
The child was one of many boys and girls being wed at a mass ceremony in Rajasthan, which has some of the highest rates of underage marriage in India
Footage showed another girl breaking down as male relatives physically forced her through the necessary rites, while many of those being married or betrothed appeared to be under 10 years old.
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