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THE NON-LUSHEI CLANS

CHAP.

PARTICULARS OF MAREIAGE PRICE PAID BY A MARA FOR
HIS BRIDE.1

NAME OF PRICE.
AMOUNT OF PRICE. 2

TO WHOM PRICE IS PAID AND THER PARTICULARS IN REGARD TO THE MARRIAGE CUSTOMS OF THE MARA TRIBES.

ommon People.
Ruling Clan.
STo.

0-Kia ............
Rs. 20/-
Rs. 150/-
1
When the whole family live in

Gong (7 spans).
One slave.

Ihesame house, none of the sons

Gun.
Two Mithan.

mving their own houses, then

the Prices Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and tfos. 9, 10, 11, have all to be paid

to the father of the bride.

Sei-pi-hra .........
Rs. 20/-Gong (7 spans).
Rs. 50/-One Mithan
2
If the family is divided and the eldest son has a house of his

Gun.
(female).

own, then the father has price

No. 11 and the eldest son must

have price No. I, while the prices Nos. 2, 3,4, 5, 6, and Nos.

9, 10, are at the eldest son's dis-

posal and he may or may not

share with the youngest son as

he pleases.

Chawehyu.,, ... ...
Es. 20/-Gong (7 spans).
Rs. 50/-One Mithan.
3

Gun.
Gun (syuld).

Sei-chei-hra ......
Rs. 20/-
Rs. 50/-
4

Gong (7 spans). Gun.
One Mithan. Gun (syuld).

N6-hla ............
Rs. 2/-
Rs. 10/-
5

Brass pot
Beer pot

(4 spans).
(Ra-cha).

Saw-hla .........
Rs. I/-
Rs. 2/-
6

Full grown hen
Brass pot

(4 spans).

Kei~ma ............
Rs. 2/-
Rs. 5/-
7
No. 7 has to be paid to the

Brass pot
Beer pot

friend of the father of the "bride

(4 spans).
(Ra-cha).

if the sons and father live in the

same house. But if the family

is divided, the eldest son having

his own house, then this must be

paid to his friend instead of the

father's.

Lao-khyu .........
Rs. 2/-
Rs. 5/.
8
No. 8 has to be paid to the

Brass pot
Beer pot

bride's mother's brother (bride's

(4 spans).
(Ra-cha).

uncle).

Rai-pi-hra .........
Rs. 2/-
Rs. 10/-
9

Brass pot
Beer pot

(4 spans).
(Rai-pi).

Aw-rua-baw-na ......
Rs. 5/-
Rs. 50/-
10

Beer pot
One Mithan.

(Ra-cha).
Gun.

1 At the wedding the bridegroom has to kill half the number of pigs that are killed by the
bride's family, thus :-—

Bride's family, 5 pigs killed; the bridegroom kills 3 pigs=8 pigs.
,, 10 „ ,, ,, ,, 5 =15 pigs.

2 The amount of price in these columns are all equal to one another in value and the bride-
groom chooses only one out of each price according to what he has.