The examination of marriage ritual among selected groups in South India
<p>This thesis is concerned with variations in the traditional Hindu marriage ceremony as practiced by the several Tamil-speaking castes on the east coast of South India, The primary objective is to survey the descriptions of marriage ritual which are available in the current literature, rathe...
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1964
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| Summary: | <p>This thesis is concerned with variations in the traditional Hindu marriage ceremony as practiced by the several Tamil-speaking castes on the east coast of South India, The primary objective is to survey the descriptions of marriage ritual which are available in the current literature, rather than to attempt a sociological analysis of any particular problem. The intention has been to organize and examine the existing material with a view to additional field research in person in the near future. In the following pages we point out several significant differences in the nuptial rituals as they are performed at different levels in the caste hierarchy and these facts are interspersed with a discussion of the relation of the marriage ceremony to South Indian ritual in general. Because information on this topic is relatively abundant, the area to be considered in detail has been limited to three districts of Madras State: South Arcot, Tiruchirappalli and Thanjavur.</p>
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