8-year-old boy married 61-year-old woman
8-year-old boy married 61-year-old woman
This photograph depicts a 8-year-old schoolboy, who married a 61-year-old woman, obeying the order of a long-dead ancestor’s spirit. Sanel Masilela tied the knot with Helen Shabangu, who is married and is the mother of five children. This so unusual alliance was promoted by the spirit of the deceased ancestor whose fate was supposedly passed to the boy. Fearing the wrath of the dead, the family of 8-year-old Sanel arranged the wedding for only two months.
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