They Do Things Differently In India

[Canary42]

At a wedding the bride died of cardiac arrest. So while her body was put in an adjoining room, the ceremony still went ahead and the groom married her sister.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/bride-collapses-and-dies-at-wedding-so-groom-marries-her-sister-090155305.html

[david small]

Whew. At my wedding my wife fainted, I nearly married my mother in law.

[Barsel]

They obviously don't want the expense of the wedding to go to waste.

[LadyCG]

You've got to keep it in the family

[Spungle]

That sounds, quite literally, like Two Weddings and a Funeral

[davebro]

love the one you're with?

[davebro]

If it was an arranged marriage it's likely they only met briefly anyway, so sad for the poor girl who died but I don't think the groom would be too affected.

[johnk]

In the UK the original function of the best man was to marry the bride if the groom didn't show, so not a lot different.

[Smowball]

Good god you couldn’t make it up lol

[youngmafbog]

It's a different culture.

Who are we to judge which culture is right and which is wrong?

[tiggerblue10]

Well at least times have changed for the better. Many many years ago it was a Hindu practise for the unfortunate widow to throw herself on her husbands funreal pyre!

Still, very sad about the young bride to be though :o(

[Canary42]

/// Who are we to judge which culture is right and which is wrong? ///

I totally agree, which was why I tried to avoid criticising. But I find other cultures interesting nevertheless, which was why I posted.

[douglas9401]

Life is cheap, catering not so much.