Sacred Exchange in the Tenement

The marriage takes place, the couple comes home, the bride's new homewhich is an 8 by 8 room, a 4 by 4 kitchen, a common bathroom and toilet, shared by the family.

The family consists of mother, father, bride, groom, and two younger children. One elder daughter is married and visits quite often with her three children and husband.

Is the marriage consummated? No. The bride and groom just exchange glances and do not even the privacy to talk to each other. Desperate, the groom thinks of a plan. He buys movie tickets for the whole family, sending them away to the theatre a little early, saying he and his bride would follow, as they had some shopping to do on the way.

At last, privacy, heaven in each other's arms, but there is a knock on the door.

An ailing aunt has arrived from the village. All his plans are foiled.

Nowadays, life is not so tragic, because young couples do go on a honeymoon, but we don't know about the consummation part.

Very often, the groom sleeps in the kitchen, he has bed space all to himself and in the middle of the night, surieptitously, the bride sneaks in to the kitchen and heaven is found.

Who wins, who loses? This is a team effort for love.