Hello! Welcome back!
If you have been keeping up with this blog from the beginning, you'll see that in my first post, which also happened to be my first ever blog post, I put up and introduction/index. Now according to that index the last post, which was the references post, was supposed to be the last post.
I found some of what I have learned in my research about the Lepcha people to be quite interesting. So I've decided to just tack on a couple more posts. Hope you enjoy.
Marriage Customs
"Naamko Bree" the literal meaning of this in Lepcha is 'uniting a man and woman in matirmony'. If you were to break it down either further 'Naamko' means union and 'Bree' means to twist two strands of thread into one.
Divorce is not common among the people of Lepcha.
(Lepchan couple)
Along with a long list of customary laws that a Lepchan couple and their families must follow, comes the tradition of getting married.
The process of getting married is usually dealt with by the parents of the bride and groom and a priest. The two sets of parents will meet with the priest who will check their horoscopes to see if they are compatible. If so, they set a wedding date and the rest is handled by the girls maternal uncle and the boys maternal uncle.
The guys maternal uncle, along with other family members approach the girls maternal uncle with a ceremonial scarf and one rupee. If the girls uncle accepts this khada he is also accepting the marriage proposal.
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