Complex sentence: More well-to-do villagers were "building high brick or cement walls around their homes", women had begun to wear ankle-length robes, traditional wedding rituals with singing and mixing of genders were called into question.
Split into simpler sentences: More well-to-do villagers were "building high brick or cement walls around their homes", women began wearing ankle-length robes. Traditional wedding rituals with singing and mixing of genders were called into question.