Child marriage in Nepal: From bride at 14 to young mother | Kids on the Silk Road (5/10)

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:44:37 +0000

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Poonam (14) happily announces her imminent marriage during a break at her school in Nepal. As her friends share stories of other girls’ terrible marriages, it suddenly dawns on Poonam that she knows nothing about her future husband or in-laws. All she knows is that, in a few days, she will move into their home and must abide by their rules. How will she secure her place in her new family? She cries during the wedding as she leaves her mother. Nine months later, she fulfills both her own and her husband’s family’s expectations by giving birth to a baby boy. Fortunately, she falls in love with her husband, who turns out to be a great partner, allowing her to still be the teenage girl she is.

The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction connecting the East and West. It created curiosity among cultures, for example with tea and silk from China suddenly sold in Venice. The trading may be a thing of the past, but the culture is still there… We chose the Silk Road because we want to show the kids how colorful the world is and to create understanding and curiosity of the different cultures. What if we all had less prejudice and more curiosity? Would the world be more colorful and less hierarchical? Would there be more empathy? Could we in the West try to learn from other cultures?

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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 00:29 - Poonam's Fortune - Kids on the Silk Road (Nepal)
▷ 20:50 - Credits

#documentary #fulldocumentary #nepal #childmarriage #marriage #traditions #silkroad

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Original title: Poonam's Fortune - Kids on the Silk Road (S1/E5)
A film by Jens Pedersen, Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Simon Lereng Wilmont & Camilla Magid
© 2017, Licensed by Autlook

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