Traditional Marriage In Nepal

2. Portugal, a southern European country, with a rich history and culture, is characterized by an amalgamation of modern-traditional families. There have been notable changes in the traditional family system since the 20th century, after the integration of Southern European countries including Portugal in the European political space. The country has had a significant rise in smaller families, single-parent families and increase of households with merely an individual as well (Guerreiro,Torres,&Lobo,2001).

Contrary to this, Nepal is a South Asian country beholding a strictly woven family system based on religious norms from Hinduism and Buddhism. It is a developing country which has accommodated modernization in the urban areas, but very

With this, the household is equally shared by a couple.

Nepal has outlined the South Asian countries in terms of female employment. The International Labor Organization report on Nepal in 2014 recorded 80.1% of women participation in labor market.

Differences:
Portugal Nepal
1. Marriage
There is a huge decrease in the Catholic weddings; 72% of Catholic marriages in 1991 dropped to 52.1% in 2006 (Guerreiro et al., 2001). With this, there was rise in civil unions in these recent years.

The mean age for first marriage for man is 29 years and for woman, it is almost 28 years. It shows that there are lesser age gaps between people getting married, and increase in individual mean age for marriage.

The divorce rate increased to 2.2 % in 2006 from 1.1% in 1991 (Guerreiro et al., 2001). Also, there was rise in remarriage from 14.4% to 18.8% between 2001 and 2005 , mainly among the divorced population.
The religious marriage is consistent in Nepal, with fewer civil

Portugal has seen a decrease in religious marriages, increase in civil unions, acceptance of same sex marriage, acceptance of cohabitation and having family/children without a marriage. This is very contradictory to the situation of marriage in Nepal. It is considered a very sacred ritual, and thus majority of the population follow religious norms of marriage. There are fewer civil unions, same sex marriage has not been enacted by the law yet, cohabitation is not recognized and having children outside of marriage is a big social taboo to take upon. This shows that Portugal has come a long way with the transition in marriage in previous decades whereas Nepal hasn’t had much transformation in marriages