Marriage of the Maonan

Fitted from the infancy for the parents, the maternal uncle and the matchmakers they were playing an important role.

The ceremony of the wedding was directed by the maternal uncle. The singing plays a fundamental role in this ceremony, in fact, it is provided usually with the participation of an almost professional singer. It is necessary to take the fiancée to house of the husband, a series of ceremonies being realized to escape from the demons. While the relatives of the fiancée sing his sadness, those of the husband sing his welcome. Also the greeting is sung to the gods before taking it to the wedding camerawoman.

It was happening the night at the fiancé's and was returning to house of the parents, where it was doing single woman life in all the aspects during 8 ó 10 years or up to remaining a pregnant woman, except in the epochs of major agricultural work that a few days were spending at the husband's. In the holidays sometimes they were courted by the boys, it is supposed that if it was getting lost with them in the forest or a cave, it must be secretly since she was already married.

The adultery of the man is punished, although generally it is enough to do a pardon gift to the cheated husband.

Monogamists, the younger brother was marrying the widow of the biggest, whenever both wanted.

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