Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Travel guide - When traveling in India, why can’t you strike up a conversation with an Indian woman who wears a nose ring?

When traveling in India, why can’t you strike up a conversation with an Indian woman who wears a nose ring?

As one of the four ancient civilizations, our country has an extremely long history and culture. Westerners believe that ancient civilizations are a very mysterious existence. In fact, apart from our country, India's culture is also very profound and mysterious. Although India is relatively backward, many curious tourists still travel to India every year to experience the special local cultural customs.

Tourists who have been to India all know the famous Ganges River and open-air public toilets. In fact, there is another phenomenon in India that makes many tourists curious, and that is Indian women wearing nose rings. Tourists are very confused, do Indian women like to wear nose rings as jewelry? Moreover, the nose rings of Indian women on the street have their own characteristics. Some have nose studs, some have a big nose ring, and some Indian women also have a golden chain hanging from their ears. In fact, Indian women don’t wear nose rings for decoration. Their nose rings have another meaning in India.

In fact, most Indians believe in Hinduism, and women wearing nose rings on their noses is their highest spiritual belief. In India, wearing a nose ring is not a decoration, but an indicator of a woman's marital status. Unmarried Indian girls generally do not wear nose ornaments. They only wear them solemnly when they get married. Married Indian women are forced to have their noses pierced and then wear expensive gold nose rings.

Indian women in different regions also wear different nose ornaments. For example, in the southern region of India, Indian brides must have their nostrils pierced on both sides, and then wear diamond nose studs, and they must also wear diamond nose studs on their toes. Wearing limit; in the northern region, Indian brides often wear gold nose rings, and connect a golden lotus to the nose ring and hang it on the ear.

Wearing a nose ring is actually a constraint for Indian women. Indians will require married Indian women to be clean and self-sufficient and to work hard. Therefore, tourists and tour guides who usually go to India will Tell them to try not to talk to these Indian women, because if you strike up a conversation, they may get beaten up by their husbands when they return home.

Indian men have a very high status. They all believe that they should enjoy life at home, while women need to make money to support their families. Moreover, in marriage, most men do not respect their wives. Not only do they treat their wives as mediocre, but sometimes they even beat and scold them. If an Indian woman gets divorced, she will be labeled as "unclean". Therefore, many Indian women will not choose to divorce even if they are unhappy in their marriage.

The editor is still very grateful to be born in China. Our society now pays attention to equality between men and women. Even in some backward places, there are still traditional concepts of favoring boys over girls, and the status of women is not as high as that of women. Indian women are too low.

I wonder if your views are the same as mine?