ABSTRACT
In this chapter data are presented on 609 marriages contracted by the 59 agnatic descent groups of Panbari. They include all existing and remembered marriages to, from and within the village. The term ‘marriage’ is here used in the widest sense to mean any type of union between a man and a woman living together in one house, and the terms ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ are used for the partners of the union. A girl usually leaves her parents’ house at marriage and is taken by her husband to live in his house: this was the case in 581 of the marriages recorded. Of these 231 were of daughters married out, 306 were of daughters-in-law married in, and 38 took place within the village. 1 There is another type of union in which the man moves instead of the girl and becomes a son-in-law-of-the-house (gharar jovāi) living with his wife’s parents: 34 unions were of this type. Of these 23 were of sons-in-law married in, 5 were of sons married out, and 6 took place within the village.
