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Foreign News
September 15, 1920
The Lamar Register
Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado
What is this article about?
Javanese marriage customs involve religious instruction for bride and groom, with the bride undergoing semi-starvation to become emaciated, considered beautiful in Java.
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Emaciated Bride Considered Beautiful.
Javanese marriage customs include a period of religious instruction for both the bride and the groom. The young man starts his instruction by paying daily visits to the priest of the village, and learning all the complicated phrases which he will have to utter on the day of his wedding. The pupil is placed in a tank of cold water and stays there submerged up to his chin while the priest bends over him and reads the Koran, the performance taking place in front of the church.
The girl begins her preparations for the great day by several weeks of semi-starvation during which time she takes only sufficient rice and hot water to sustain life. Because of this hunger strike enforced by custom, she loses considerable weight, an emaciated bride being considered a thing of beauty on the island of Java.
—Detroit News.
Javanese marriage customs include a period of religious instruction for both the bride and the groom. The young man starts his instruction by paying daily visits to the priest of the village, and learning all the complicated phrases which he will have to utter on the day of his wedding. The pupil is placed in a tank of cold water and stays there submerged up to his chin while the priest bends over him and reads the Koran, the performance taking place in front of the church.
The girl begins her preparations for the great day by several weeks of semi-starvation during which time she takes only sufficient rice and hot water to sustain life. Because of this hunger strike enforced by custom, she loses considerable weight, an emaciated bride being considered a thing of beauty on the island of Java.
—Detroit News.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Javanese Marriage Customs
Religious Instruction
Emaciated Bride
Java Beauty Standards
Koran Reading Ritual
Where did it happen?
Java
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Java
Event Details
Javanese marriage customs include religious instruction: groom visits priest daily, learns phrases while submerged in cold water tank as priest reads Koran in front of church; bride undergoes weeks of semi-starvation with rice and hot water to lose weight, as emaciated brides are considered beautiful.