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Wow - very cool look inside the culture via a short ad.

Seriously?? They rip the widow's bracelets and necklace off?? I don't wanna judge other cultures but it's like telling her she's worthless.

It's cool but you probably shouldn't give away the end in the title...

"like telling her she's worthless."----checkout sati.

"Sati is the practice through which widows are voluntarily or forcibly burned alive on their husband's funeral pyre. It was banned in 1829, but had to be banned again in 1956 after a resurgence. There was another revival of the practice in 1981 with another prevention ordinance passed in 1987 (Morgan 1984). The idea justifying sati is that women have worth only in relation to men. This illustrates women's lack of status as individuals in India"

http://www.indianchild.com/sati_in_india.htm

Actually, in Hindu society, the lot of widows is pretty akin to that of lepers . [NOTE: I am not making disparaging remarks on Hindu society/beliefs/customs. No flame wars please.]

I recently watched the movie Water, by Deepa Mehta, and it tells the story of prejudice against widows in conservative Hindu society. This story was set in colonial era India, so I'm not sure if this is still a prevalent practice in India. However, looking at the controversies generated by the filming of this movie, it's probably still practiced in the more rural areas.

Here are a few links for those interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_(2005_film)
http://water.mahiram.com/