Show ODD MARRIAGE CUSTOMS the th mauasa are ar not a moral people the lamas are consulted to ascertain it if the horoscopes of the youth and maiden fit if not the difficulty may be overcome by prolonged vicarious chanting of the scriptures and liberal fees says the geographical journal the lamas also choose au an auspicious day tor for the marriage marr lag the marriage ceremony consists in the brile bride a and groom publicly joining hands d making drinking I 1 king wine from a double spouted bowl and accepting each other as husband and wife after which there Is a three days feast in the brides homo home she and her husband then go to their own house home and there Is another three days feast there are no contracts of marriage fo tor a limited period as in western whether the choice has been for good or ill it Is tor for life divorce rarely resorted to being permissible only in the case of childlessness and the contract can only be canceled by the tu ssu it would not bo be correct to infer from this that the are a moral people their standard of morality Is low and the lives of the lamas have no tendency to raise it plurality of wives Is an appendage of the position of tho the tu ssu asu but monogamy Is the ruley and polyandry though the custom of the sloans to the north does not exist no presents except the bottle orwine of wine previously mentioned are made by the bridegroom to the brides father but her parents according to their wealth endow her with cattle horses and fields the last of which to use our own phraseology are sett settled fed upon her bar A widow does not wear mourning and Is at liberty to make a second marriage on the death of her hus bama unless s she he re marries she assumes complete control over his property and at her death it is divided among the sons who frequently however agree to live together and keep it intact it there is trouble concerning property the vedren usually settles the matter and it if he falls fails to make an amiable agreement it Is referred to the ru sau whose decision is final |