Sati

The sati is a custom that practiced in India, in which a woman is burnt to death on her husband's funeral pyre. An Indian woman's duty when married was complete and total devotion to her husband. Jumping into her husband's pyre was considered a final act of obediance on the woman's part to her husband. In addition, Hindu laws forbade widows to remarry, and was a burden on the family who had to care for her.

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