The Peculiar Customs and Rites of the Himalayan People

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Marriage Systems among Himalayan Tribes 1.1 Institution of Marriage 1.2 Concept of Marrige among Tribals 1.3 Forms of Marriage 1.3.1 Polygyny 1.3.2 Sororal Polygny 1.3.3 Polyandry 1.3.4 Polygynandry 1.4 Forms of Himalayan Polyandry 1.4.1 Fraternal Polyandry 1.4.2 Non-Fraturnal Polyandry 1.5 Himalayan Plyandry Vs Sexual Communism 1.6 Sources of Himalayan Polyandry 1.7 Polyandry as Practiced among Himalayan Tribes 1.8 Socio-Cultural Aspect of Polyandry 1.9 Selection of a Mate 2. Socio-Culturally Sanctioned Modes of Marriage 2.1 Marriage by Capature/Kidnap 2.2 Marriage by Elopement 2.3 Marriage by Choice/Mutual Agreement 2.4 Marriage by Purchase 2.5 Marriage by Servitude 2.6 Marriage by Exchange 2.7 Marriage by Levirate 2.8 Marriage by Theft or Seduction 2.9 Marriage by Arrangement 3. Non-Conventional Forms of Marriage 3.1 Marriage with a pole 3.2 Marriage with a Bilva Fruit 3.3 Forced MArriage 3.4 Reverse Mode of Forced MArriage 3.5 Contract Marriage 4. Dissolution of Marrige 4.1 Modes and Formalities of Dissolution 4.2 Dissolution of Marriage an Exclusive right of Wife 4.3 Freedom of Re-Marriage to a women 5. Sexual Laxity 5.1 Pre-marital Love Affairs 5.2 Double Standards of Sexual Laxity 5.3 Extra-Marital Sexual Laxity 5.4 Primary/Secondary Sexual Laxity 5.5 Mass Kissing Celebration 6. Peculier Marrige Customs 6.1 Brides Marriage Party 6.2 Hurdles to Marriage Party 6.3 Entrance Fee 6.4 Resistance from Bride`s Brother 6.5 Bride Unaware of her Marriage 6.6 Barha: The Ritual of Seclusion 6.7 Poison as a Bidding Gift 6.8 Bride Older to the Bridgroom 6.9 Eating from the same Plate or Drinking from the same cup 6.10 Eating Brides left out food by the Bridegroom 6.11 Marriage Leading to Segregation From the Family 6.12 Feasting the Community for Social Sanction Obligatory 6.13 Paying Obeisance a must for Legalization of Marriage 6.14 Nuptial Ceremonies after the Birth of a child 6.15 Entitlement of Husbandhood only after the birth of a child 6.16 Dowry after the Birth of a Child 6.17 Tree as a Dowry 6.18 Needle as a Dowry 6.19 Payment for Mother`s Milk 7.Death and Post-Death Rites and Ritual 7.1 Modes of Intimation of Death 7.2 Selection of Cremation Ground 7.3 Pre-disposal Rites 7.4 Funeral Procession 7.5 Modes of Disposal of the dead Body 7.6 Disposal by Cremation 7.7 Disposal by Burial in the Ground 7.8 Disposal by Burial in the water 7.9 Disposal by Exposure to Vultures 7.10 Wancho way of Disposal of deads 7.11 Post-Cremation Rites and Rituals 7.12 Ways and Taboos for Mourning 7.13 Pollution and Purification 7.14 Memorial to deads 7.15 Peculiar Custom and Rituals Relating to Death 8. Miscellaneous Aspects of Socio-Cultural Behaviour 8.1 Customary ways of paying Obeisance 8.2 Celebration of Birth Year 8.3 Celebration of First Lo-skor 8.4 Aversion of Bovine Species 8.5 Peculiar Laws of Inheritance 8.6 Primogeniture Law of Inheritance 8.7 Feeding the Child with the Beak of the Maina Bird 8.8 Guessing the Occupational Course of a Child 8.9 Dual Naming of the Child 8.10 Elders Feeding Ceremony 8.11 When all Activities Come to a stand Still 8.12 A Festival of Obeisance 8.13 Mass Celebration of Children`s Birth 8.14 Abstinance from taking Food Cooked by Female Members 8.15 Debarring Males from Entering the Kitchen 8.16 Adornment a Punishable Crime 8.17 Mystic Devices to Detact lost or stolen Objects 8.18 Seniority in Age the Sole Criterion for Social Hierarchy 8.19 Codified ways of Greeting and Benediction 8.20 Fertility