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119Christians are affiliated.During the 1960's, the churchunion movement also began among the churches in NortheastIndia.These movements also had an impact on the KukiChristians.Strains Caused by Denominationalismin the Kuki CultureThe Kukis were astrongly united tribe before Christianityappeared in their society. Each family had its owngenealogy for generations. Names, customarily, were givenaccording to the names of the ancestors, usually grandfathersor great grandfathers.This is especially true formale children.Traditionally, young men always marriedgirls from their father-in-laws families.That the Kukis are scattered in several widelyspreadplaces means that young men who follow the traditionalmarriage patterns have to marry girls from families whobelong to a church of a different denomination. This hasled to many problems.Baptists will ask the o r i d e in suchcases to be rebaptized by immersion before the marriagecould be solemnized. Presbyterians, on the other hand,willdiscourage all such interdenominational marriages.Thissituation has created alot of misunderstanding among theKuki Christians and weakens the Kuki tribal solidarity.Denominational churches do not meet the need of the Kukisociety.The Kukis should not be divided into differentdenominational churches.This division grates against theircultura 1val ues.