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在尼泊尔湿婆神庙广场上,聚集着许多小女孩儿,她们穿着鲜艳的衣裙,身上挂满精致的首饰,额头中央点着吉祥红痣。她们由母亲、外婆等女性长辈陪伴着,在祭司的主持下,对着一种果实——贝尔果行着大礼。原来,这里正在举办盛大的贝尔果婚礼大典。贝尔果婚是尼瓦尔人(尼泊尔当地的土著之一)的传统习俗。女孩儿在成年之前会跟贝尔树的果实举行婚礼。贝尔果因其外壳坚硬,存放多年而不腐烂,被当地人看作是永恒不变的婚姻象征。尼瓦尔人大多信奉印度教,他们还相信,贝尔果婚后的女孩儿能够一生拥有印度教中的西瓦大神的保佑,所以非常看重贝尔果婚。
At Shiva Temple in Nepal, there are many little girls gathered in brightly colored dresses with delicate jewelery and auspicious red nevus in the center of their foreheads. They were accompanied by female elders, such as mothers and grandmothers, who performed a great gift against a fruit, Bell fruit, under the auspices of the priest. It turned out that here is a grand Bell Berry wedding ceremony. Belle’s wedding is a traditional practice of the Newar, one of indigenous Nepal. The girl will have a wedding with the fruit of the Bell tree before she gets older. Bell because of its hard shell, stored for many years without decay, the locals as a symbol of immutable marriage. Most Newar believe in Hinduism, and they also believe Belle’s married daughter can have the blessing of Hindu God of Siva for a lifetime, so she values Belle’s marriage very much.