Why does Cio-Cio-San convert to Christianity before her wedding?

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Madama Butterfly Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, 1908.

Cio-Cio-San converts to Christianity because she wishes to pray to the same god as her new husband, Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton. She explains that for him, she is willing to renounce her family and her ancestral religion, demonstrating her deep devotion and commitment to their marriage.1