iS4 THE NON-LUSHEI CLANS CHAP.

The Tikhup clan, which only numbers some twenty households,
is not sub-divided, but marriage is endogamous. The union of
first cousins, either paternal or maternal, is prohibited. The
elders of the clan attributed the steady decline in their numbers
to this custom of endogamy.

The Chiru and Chawte customs are alike; not only is a
young man's choice limited to some famLly in the clan other
than his own, but the actual families from which he may choose
his bride are strictly fixed.

Among the Chiru—

A Danla lad may marry a Dingthoi or Shangpa girl.
A Dingthoi lad may marry a Chongdur or Danla girl.
A Rezar lad may marry a Danla girl.
A Shangpa lad may marry a Dingthoi or Danla girl.
A Chongdur lad may marry a Danla girl.

Danla is the family from which the khul-lakpa must be
taken, and Rezar has already been noticed as the son of
Chongthu, from whom the Chiru claim descent.

Among the Chawte—

A Marem lad may only marry a Makhan girl

A Makhan lad may only marry an Irung girl.

A Kiang lad may only marry a Makhan or Marem girl.

An Irung lad may only marry a Marem, Thao, or Kiang

girl
A Thao lad may only marry a Makhan girl.

Among the Aimol, Anal, Chiru, and Purum, a young man has
to serve his future wife's father for three years, during which
he works as if he were a son of the house. During this period
he has free access to the girl, though among the Chiru he con-
tinues to sleep among the bachelors. Should the girl become
enceinte the marriage ceremony must be performed, and the
price paid. Among the Aimol the bride's eldest brother gets
Rs. 6/- and each of the others one rupee less than his immediate
senior. The paternal and maternal uncles receive Rs. 2/- each;
the aunt and the elder sister also receive Rs. I/- each as
"niman" and " nao-puan-puk-man,JJ as among the Lushais.
Among the Anal and the Purum, the price must not be les»