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Women bond after loss of shared husband

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2011-08-22 16:40

Women bond after loss of shared husband

Huang Magan (right), 106, talks to her husband's 103-year-old second wife Huang Maxue at their home in Ping'an village, Bama Yao autonomous county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, August 21, 2011. Huang Magan married her husband in 1926, but after finding that she could not bear children he married again in 1942, taking then-34-year-old Huang Maxue as a second wife. The women have been living together peacefully ever since, with the husband and Huang Maxue in charge of farming and the Huang Magan doing household duties. The two are praised and well-known in their neighborhood for helping each other since their husband died decade ago at 91 years old. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]


Women bond after loss of shared husband

After sharing a husband for 69 years, Huang Magan (right), 106, holds the wheel chair of her 103-year-old companion Huang Maxue at their home in Ping'an village, Bama Yao autonomous county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, August 21, 2011. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

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