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59of red beads; and customary clothes known as Thangnang,Saipikhup, and Khamtang.If the boy's parents were rich they could bring anumber of live mithuns and raise the bride price to amaximum.But full payment was never permitted in former days,because it was considered to be a bad omen.If the fullprice of the bride were paid, it was feared that the girlhad severed her connections with her parents and relatives,signifying death.be slowly paid.Therefore, the balance bride price willThis may take a generation or two to completethe payment.The second part of the marriage would be the actualceremony held at the house of the boy.The whole ceremonywould be arranged by the village priest. The priest wouldhold a cock in his hands after necessary preparation of twowhite threads and a bottle of beer kept by his side. Hewould chant his magic, calling upon Pathen to bless thecouple.A s mall a mount of the beer would be spit upon thecouple, and the cock would be killed by strangulation.Thepriest would pronounce the m husband and wife by binding thetwo white threads around their necks with som e feathers ofthe cock tied to each end of the threads.The couple wouldwear these threads till they were worn out.A great feastwould follow the ceremony with a lot of meat and drink.The Christians follow similar patterns but changedthe place to the church building with the minister as theleader.Western Christian culture has now influenced the