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'''Derasar''' is a village in the [[Barmer district]] of [[Rajasthan]], near the border of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref name="IT2016">{{cite web |title=Men in this Rajasthan village marry twice for a strange reason |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/men-in-this-rajasthan-village-marry-twice-for-a-strange-reason-330379-2016-07-20 |publisher=[[India Today]] |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=English |date=20 July 2016 |quote=Close to the Indo-Pak border in Rajashtan's Barmer district is Derasar village.}}</ref> Derasar lies within the [[Thar Desert]], which influences the lives of the residents; [[taanka]]s are used to collect water and husbands have two wives, one of whom devotes herself to collecting water from a nearby water source five kilometres away from the village.<ref name="AJ2015">{{cite web |title=Women lead the way out of poverty in an Indian desert |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2015/11/19/women-lead-the-way-out-of-poverty-in-an-indian-desert |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=English |date=19 November 2015}}</ref> The culture of Derasar reflects that of the region of [[Rajputana]] within the Indian subcontinent, such as the wearing of the [[angarkha]].<ref name="Chakraborty2021"/>

== Demographics and geography ==
The population of Derasar consists about 600 persons, including 70 Muslim families.<ref name="IT"/>

Derasar lies within the arid [[Thar Desert]] and for eleven months of the year, water is scarce.<ref name="AJ2015"/> As such, rainwater is collected in [[taanka]]s which "have a catchment area to collect rainwater which is then stored underground".<ref name="AJ2015"/> The nearest water source to the village is five kilometers away, requiring residents to walk at lengths to retrieve it.<ref name="FPJ2019"/><ref name="AJ2015"/> In recent times, men have had to find work in larger cities leaving the women to tend to the crops.<ref name="AJ2015"/> The [[International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics]] has provided fruit trees to Derasar, in addition to knowledge on which crops would be successful in the dry region.<ref name="AJ2015"/> Crops that are grown in Derasar include "pearl millet, cluster bean, green gram, moth bean, sesame and watermelons".<ref name="AJ2015"/>

Derasar has communal grazing pastures that provide nutrition for the residents' livestock.<ref name="AJ2015"/>

== Culture ==
The culture of Derasar is centered around the historic customs of the South Asian region of [[Rajputana]].<ref name="Chakraborty2021"/> Men wear a tradition Indian garment known as an [[angarkha]], along with scarves and jewellery.<ref name="Chakraborty2021">{{cite web |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Sneha |title=We Spoke to Men Who Escaped a Cult That Forced Them to Have Multiple Wives |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/polygamy-cult-marriage-two-wives-india/ |publisher=[[Vice News]] |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=English |date=22 September 2021}}</ref>

With respect to marriage customs, teenagers do not date but have their marriages arranged or alternatively, choose [[celibacy]].<ref name="Chakraborty2021"/>

Unique to the culture of Derasar is the practice of [[polygamy]], in which it is normative for men to have two wives.<ref name="Chakraborty2021"/> The husband's first child is usually from the first wife, with the second wife bearing a child later.<ref name="Chakraborty2021"/> The reason for this custom is said to be practical: with the nearest water source being five kilometres away, the first wife is tasked with fetching water as Derasar locals believe that it would be quite difficult for a pregnant woman to accomplish this.<ref name="FPJ2019">{{cite web |title=Men in this Rajasthan village marry twice, and the reason will bemuse you |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/men-in-this-rajasthan-village-marry-twice-and-the-reason-will-bemuse-you |publisher=[[The Free Press Journal]] |access-date=4 February 2022 |language=English |date=29 May 2019 }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Barmer district]]
[[Category:Geography of Rajasthan]]

Derasar, Rajasthan - Revision history

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