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COMPARITIVE STUDY OF KUKU AND HEBREW CULTURES M. M. NINAN Boaz obtains his Kinsman-Redeemer right at the city gate in front of ten elders. During the period of monarchy the place of normal judgment was at the court room or at the city gate. 18. Marriage. Marriage between brothers and sisters and with cousins upto four generations are strictly forbidden among the Kukus In order to avoid such transgressions the members of the family ape introduced to each other during special family occasions and ceremonies. Once a boy is Interested in a girl, he may go himself and talk to her of his interest in her. Alternately his parents may go and talk to her parents. Once the family and the couple agree the boy invites other boys and may share the friendship together. Both the families scrutinizes the pedigree, traits, madness heritage, ]laziness, selfishness, cruelty, greediness 'and other matters of the other family in minute detail before consenting. If any one group find a bad trait on the other group the engagement is withdrawn forthwith. Otherwise after several months of courtship the parents will come together to settle the bride price and other matters. The oldest person in the boy's family takes the bride price and pays to the parent of the girl. The bride price is distributed among the relatives of the girl according to the protocol. This gives the consent of the families to the. alliance officially. The boy then invites all his friends to 153
COMPARITIVE STUDY OF KUKU AND HEBREW CULTURES M. M. NINAN stay with him and the girl likewise invite all her friends to stay with her. The number of women invited by the girl from among relatives and friends depends on the status of the boy's family. However the boy will have to take the girl by force from her house. If the girl's family is aware of the time at which the bridegroom .is coming, the brothers of the girl and the family friends will put up a fight. Hence the boy will have to plan his time cleverly and will appear at the house of the girl and forcefully take her away. Very often it can be a real war. But the next day everyone is happy and a 'Wani jagit" the sacrifice of ram, is performed and a feast ensues. This is a peace sacrifice and if this is not performed the members of the girls' family will refuse to eat as this may bring feuds between the two families, barrenness of the girl and sickness and weakness for the children of the girl. At the end of the feast the girl's family will leave with all the ladies in waiting except for a few who will help the girl to settle in her new home. They may .stay for a week or even a month. The girl will stay with her husband until she give birth to her first child. After that she may go back and visit her family. The Hebrews have very similar betrothal customs and ceremonies. The custom of the bridegroom coming at an hour unknown to the bride and her family was used by Jesus in one of his parables, the parable of the ten maidens to illustrate his second coming. 'Then the Kingdom of heaven shall be compared 154
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