Water-EXTRA CREDIT

After watching Water, I can honestly say that I was not expecting that. In western culture, widows are almost relished; they are taken care of and protected. I was unaware that in this particular Indian culture that widows were considered dirty.

I also was unaware that girls were being married before they even knew what was happening. I knew that they married young, but at age 3 or sooner? And these poor girls who are given up because their 'husbands' die before they've even met them? Chuyia was just 7 years old when she was given to this 'widow home', thrust there without knowing what was happening.

One thing I didn't understand was the hair thing. Why did they have to keep their hair short?

The whole thing just astounded me, and opened my eyes to a culture I didn't know existed. One that, frankly, makes me sick to my stomach.