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How did women from the Hindu tribe of Newars avoid the fate of self-immolation?

Self-immolation of widows has long been practiced not only in India, but also among the Hindus of Nepal. However, the Newar tribe figured out how to avoid this. Girls at the age of ten were symbolically given in marriage to a tree, considered the incarnation of the god Vishnu. If in the future the husband of a Newarka died, no one could force the widow to go to the fire, since Vishnu remained her full-fledged husband.

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