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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 35]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Broken bangles, severed sacred threads, and trampled garlands mark the end of the hijras' marriage to Aravan.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 34]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A hijra dressed in a white sari - the traditional Hindu color of mourning.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 33]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Hijras cry for the god Aravan - their departed husband.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Hijras cry for the god Aravan - their departed husband.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 32]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[In Hindu culture glass bangles are one of the marks of a married woman.  And just as any Hindu woman will break her bangles upon becoming a widow, so too a temple priest breaks the bangles of the hijras over whose wedding he presided just the previous day.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 31]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[But as prophesied, the marriage proves short-lived.  The day after the wedding, Aravan's effigy is beheaded and set aflame.  A Hindu priest cuts the sacred thread that marked each hijra as a married woman, and the hijras beat their chests and wail for their deceased husband.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 31]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[But as prophesied, the marriage proves short-lived.  The day after the wedding, Aravan's effigy is beheaded and set aflame.  A Hindu priest cuts the sacred thread that marked each hijra as a married woman, and the hijras beat their chests and wail for their deceased husband.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 30]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[At night hijras celebrate their wedding, with dancing in front of the temple and later with an orgy that takes place in the dark fields surrounding the village.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[At night hijras celebrate their wedding, with dancing in front of the temple and later with an orgy that takes place in the dark fields surrounding the village.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 29]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[After their marriage the hirjas proceed to the temple's sanctum sanctorum to bring offerings of coconuts, bananas, jasmine flowers and camphor to the idol of their husband - the Hindu god Aravan.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[After their marriage the hirjas proceed to the temple's sanctum sanctorum to bring offerings of coconuts, bananas, jasmine flowers and camphor to the idol of their husband - the Hindu god Aravan.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 28]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A hijra bows to receive the sacred thread signifying her marriage to Aravan.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[A hijra bows to receive the sacred thread signifying her marriage to Aravan.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 27]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A similar sacred thread is tied around each hijra's wrist as a mark of her marriage.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[A similar sacred thread is tied around each hijra's wrist as a mark of her marriage.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[God's Brothel Brides 26]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[As each hijra bows down, a temple priest ties a sacred thread around her neck, symbolizing her marriage union with the Hindu god Aravan.]]></description>
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