CHAPTER IX

MARRIAGE

Courtship—Discussion where the married couple are to live—The

fetching of the bride—The wedding ceremony—_Mlah Pinang_—Visit

of the bride to her mother-in-law—Bride’s dress—Bridegroom—Old

bachelors among the Dyaks—Age of marriage—Monogamy—Prohibitive

degrees—Dyak view of marriage—Conjugal affection—Mischief-making

mothers-in-law—Separation and reconciliation—Divorce—Adultery 120-132

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