EARLY WEDDING CUSTOMS

AMID the wonderful uniformity which pervades the thoughts and customs of the world some reversals here and there occur, as where white is the colour significative of grief, or where to turn one's back on a person is a sign of reverence. But perhaps few such reversals are more curious than the c...

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Published in:The Gentleman's magazine 1878-09, Vol.244 (1773), p.321-345
Main Author: Farrer, J A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:AMID the wonderful uniformity which pervades the thoughts and customs of the world some reversals here and there occur, as where white is the colour significative of grief, or where to turn one's back on a person is a sign of reverence. But perhaps few such reversals are more curious than the custom of the Garos, in India, to consider any infringement of the rule that all proposals of marriage must come from the female side as an insult to the mahari to which the lady belongs, only to be atoned for by liberal donations of beer and figs from the man's mahari to that of the "proposee.
ISSN:2043-3026