Different marriages between Yao

Yao of different branches is usually courted by means of the antiphonal singing. The young people usually has freedom to choose his couples, but not always they marry them, since the parents sometimes choose the couple from the childhood. In all the cases there acts the matchmaker, the magicians to decide a date auspiciosa, and there is an important gifts delivery on the part of the family of the fianc�.

Before choosing a date auspiciosa, chickens sacrifice themselves to see if the union will be good. The maternal uncle plays an important role in the election of the spouse, therefore sometimes cousins marry between.

There are different customs and taboos of the different peoples about all the activities that surround this ceremony.

The Panyao and Shanziyao, who live in quite isolated villages make use of the visits and the spring Holidays, to know his couples. By means of the singing they initiate his relation. So much importance has the music for them, which sometimes they are going to visit to loved with a singing teacher.
Between the Panyao there is very elegant the moment which the fianc�e enters the village of the fianc�. The holiday lasts three days. They are usually the faithful after marrying, although they have freedom of getting divorced.

The Qinghuyao, the girls have in his quarter a "eye of the love" hole as that at night the claimants were putting an ice lolly, and the girl was getting up to speak with them or was pushing them back.

The Baikuyao: They are known sometimes of holidays or funerals, are sung and gifts are exchanged, and then the girl invites him to sleep in his house, without it being a problem for the parents. The wedding is celebrated after accepting the price of the fianc�e. Divorce exists.

The Chashanyao: They live in houses of two apartments. The young claimants rise to the apartment of above, where the girl is and sing songs to him in the balcony. If it already has fianc� only this one does it. Others are in the "Lounge of January" that usually opens during this month. It is not necessary to deliver gifts. The weddings are usually very austere, except between the richest. Some of them throw the house away and get into debt for generations. From the month extramarital relations can be had, without problems nor discriminate against the children. They call it "to light the torch" because they go out carrying one. The couples divorce 4 � 5 times.

The Bapaiyao: The holidays are known also. Earlier they were supporting with freedom extramarital relations, which the man was requesting delivering a red bond. Before New Year's Eve and the first two days of the year, all were going out to the forest to look for sexual meetings. Now it has disappeared. There are few divorces between them.

The Beilouyao only sing in group, they never allow them to make it alone. And the couple is looked by help of fortune tellers in all his phases.

The Hualanyao: The parents were arranging the marriages from children, when the engagement was formalized they could sleep together. To The wedding only 5 persons assist 4 �, but a big ceremony is done when the first-born one is one month. The normal thing is to marry approximately three times and to get divorced the same.

Between the Aoyao: The parents and matchmaker were acting, and then liquor one ferments, if it smells well there is wedding, but, it is not auspicioso. They could have carnal relations, but not children before the marriage. Then both have loving, that are on good terms with the husbands. Only they have two children, who take the surname of the father be who is the physical father. If they come more, they practise infanticide. They have few divorces.

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