contrast, are more able to start the process and have their older kin make the first martial inquires.
Although a girl may have been married to her husband for several years, she does not begin living with him until after she has had her first menstrual period. The duties of a wife include many of the tasks she has already been doing, such as collecting firewood and fetching water every day. Firewood collecting is a particularly difficult task, and women spend several hours each day looking for suitable wo
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