When Tashi Sangmo was 17, he married 14-year-old neighbor in a remote village in Nepal. And as part of the deal, he also agreed to marry her husband's brother.
In ancient times, son of every family in Upper Dolpa region would marry the same woman, but the practice of polyandry is now starting to disappear along with the modernization era.
"Everything will be easier this way because we were all together in one family. Are divided between different wives, and I was in control," said Sangmo, a Tibetan dialect and speaking through an interpreter. "My two brothers and I am looking for income that determines how the money would be used."
When Sangmo married Mingmar Lama 14 years ago, a younger brother Mingmar, Post who was 11 years old, will be involved also in this marriage. The practice of polyandry in some isolated villages in Nepal has been going on for hundreds of years. Now they all have three boys aged eight, six and four.
"I want to share this bond with my brother because life would be easier for both of us," said Post, 25, speaking at the family home in the village of Simen, 4000 meters above sea level and about five days' walk from the nearest town.
People Dolpa above is part of a caravan through route between Nepal and Tibet. They still trade on the route, including the lead yak carrying salt from Tibet and rice from the southern Terai plains.
