UNTYING THE KNOT.
There is a marriage custom among the Santals, a tribe in India, by which, after an agreement ha* been reached between the parents, who usually do the bargaining, the youth's friends, after a short interval, risit the girl and give her a piece of cloth as a' sign of betrothal. The money is then paid—this is called "the binding down to the thatch"—and a date for the wedding is tised. Tho next step is for each party to tie a knot in a string for each day that i 3 to intervene before the wedsns day. Then the parties separate; d*. v by day the knot is untied, and when the end of the string is reached thecal knot is tied that makes the couple one.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 480, 10 June 1919, Page 1 (Supplement)
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129UNTYING THE KNOT. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 480, 10 June 1919, Page 1 (Supplement)
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