ARRANGED MARRIAGE AND BURNING BRIDES

11"x11" Mixed media, bindis and collage. The girls in India get married early.The parents of the girls want to get rid of them so they start looking for a husband when she is at the age of 8 years. 2/3 of the men can read and write when 2/3 of the women in India can not read and write.If an husband dies, his widow is always guilty and is not allowed to wear the “bindi”.In India sometimes women are burned if their parents did not pay enough dowry when the girl got married. 4000 women are burned every year.