Show Some Strange Marriage Customs 0C it I the Avon of wodla C Titin y and Jun the call he of tow are and mnrrln0e are th moot r beautiful norm or the r or and lur i1 i 1 Ing this option the world over young f pnpi s finer lightly I turns to thoughts of love All marriagei howrrw rto not tak tare I Ina church with Mtln robed brldtllnalite unbtrt and beat men to II mr nothing ol rice and wadding break o faalt rower nationality had In own math Ml of wooing and wedding 1 from Ihe eavaget In the wild of Africa In the Irilltcd peoplei r rnrofa and Atnml t ci Th Indlani of our own country > ulIl boot Ihl oweethporto with furs Peal 1 oil < ndhh end whole blubber Thy Ao their lotomnklnt bete or through tho young oman moths or oom 01 the older mrmherO 01 her ramify end at nit limn u all Had ceremony take Place are they allowed to 6e In each other I rompers alone After the ceremony ban been performed they h11d their plate nf bod with block 01 Ir and Cap the manta 11 without the old of a wedding wed-ding I tour The man men of the NlkIO l W Infill I find II very difficult It le In I tlenr < tlct and etpeelally fa If the girl 1 I nf their choke happent lo be the dough iti of a nan well supplied wink toll l I l UI i eT l Ol 1 r I t 1 4 I I Cot I SI w I r 1L t 1 Pun 1 n A KAiinv iiniDnauoou AND ins ATTBMMVM carry out the tradlllnni hands dawn la them from one nitration It nnnlh or The young warrior to show upon whlth dusky squaw ho liaa placed file trTectl n returns from the hunt And telettlng led nneat of the trorhl he hat galneil faked them lo the opening F of the tepe In which III tweelheart lire and leave I them for her If hit in fait li looknl upon favorably the font out of llie lepee and take tar of hu a ban after which > he prepares a toast for her lour from some of the choketl portion of the animal or game which s w ha has brouiht from Ih < hunt she watch l e14o him lo M That there li I 1st w nothing he wants while dining and afl er he ha flnlvhM she 11 r riarM his pipe I for him and In tells her Parents of what hta hapr nil Their love mM r gas Mfta art not handed them t > y a unl forma errant or the government nor it are they lnrl > x d In ilalnllly rum l or tints tnrrlopM The inaltfon final M the rnrave Im liar I lower Pill In Mad loona 0 r In I the hark uf the lff m and list onwllnwi palm t1 In I irotwiut figures to on the iklni that rover hu to 1 ° In the far north and tha Mnd of II Mldnliht Hun II a nnllnn show that I ei her have bocorna nod by wtarlnff Is In their hl while rlblone while the a young mn who hU Lan Accepted 10 111u world goods and a believer In keeping what he hat under 0 ne roof It It I rui tomary for the I bride parent when a wedding M lo lake place to prut Me I both her and her husband with hauae bold nopll He I alga obliged lo give liberally of his male runs and tilts lo the chleft and heal tribesman who at fond the ceremony In mr made and etueclally If the young man live In ana an-a IJoII village he goes lo the bound of the girl of his choice and If the it I willing they Mope Bometlmea he alealt hM bcM awl often with the eoneenl of her parent for Inn event of that kind ha keD possession of all but hid hi-d awl In matt cieea Is i willing to viand that loan to lone a nothing slot Rowe with the bargain White tome of the 1 are tlrang they do nil compare with Chile wooing owl weddings of the Karen Thelra It I the strongest of all for the wedding care mony li alto part of an obaequy The Ktrent live In the hull of Humors and on the borders of China awl are eels of the tlnmtrett meow of Copts In I the world Their courithlpt are puraietd 1 at funeral ami their lovemaklng lo l Irolhalt and olnmiulea are all dealt with together Their mode nfturlilltilrarg When a Karen dtea he or th H Intarrrd ten IYratllythat Ir It they are 01 the Atilt nary People If they Wage In I notaaatlon of large ntrn their rtrnaln are cro m trl The he are iialhtrxl together togeth-er and Placed In a amall took wool private after which thy art bused for a time Th temporary itravM are fnc < l In I with tarn and durable twice are placed on them an Chair night will nol be fmintttn and He tenant left undll Imbed n the treat Ken festival of up dlvalna and burial and universal I wnldlna The feaala ar aa movable I and un rrlalt uf date na they are Part lone l 11 one and I nl I llaat ry The length of the I iriprlm depend upon the number of rmr inaeable girls and marrying I men I here are In the neighborhood or vllla eat e-at the elm of the death It 1 has been known that aa many aa five Irving have BiieeM before OM of the tsars fe ta have taken I lace Vharl tkara are noaah itlrlt and Hiarutnii mm awl nM before the day la I app t01W for the chub for the grant funeral 1 Wtddlnc day This la I the moat Important of all the omiAnlB of their 1 Ideal and grant pftparallott at mad for IL A are open tptm la aele I < led and a Man platform mad of bomb > > ticks i u I on tltvcted it it I surrounded with iiilnra of kamboo aM cocoanut palma Three are decorated with Danllih looking chairman Rage rot Rowers and me nwolo Whoa lho day arrlna fr the gnat 1A 1 e A NRrAfLRKn 1IASKK IV BRIDAL ATT III P feat every man wman and ehIM from the wrrnundlnaantsy allrnb Many of the load l are brought from their reel Into plate to be reburied In soono other Part never to be disturbed analls while > ma are only lo hare their first Inter ninl When everything la In I readiness than rorpa are brought upon the 110110 awl Ull on mate of fern frond and whll linen which new placed l In Mel motor of the abut Tile maurnMt nn the Art to co on the platform Twill lain heir fatal at I he north of It while the maiden who with li l e mar tilt 11010 the must owl 1 he Inn who an to h married Oak up 4 position on the weal Th dlalnteretteil Deflators 10 lo the southern enl of the Platform and niter they have tettM dawn the tmmonlM Iattin l The tnaMena present n darling ap pearane They are dropped In their brightest end beet and adorned with Ihl own and sometimes with the Jew old 1 01 their khm A ltaren wo mn would rather give up her life than her Berne Hfr the ol > e > iulel begin the courtships court-ships art perfumed an I the mated low art withdraw en matt to be Immedl alely married The teeing men begin their part of the ceremonies by tinting their propoael Th wooed maldent ling In I response their ircerlancet or rejection re-jection Iropalo ami lancca or re actions are one end all rang In high toned mln r key They Are attentively 1 Helmed to ao I Hen commented upon by the apertal re After this ha been concluded the would be brw I BT < > lOn Huge in turn a K lo to him loud one Th spectators applaud and motel the youth who tinge but Bone tetma li enjoy thll unHu tihlbllton mort than doom Iht maiden u whom he It I tinging Often the pong are borrow from Polo bf file matleri ecra of the Detroit drama moat I which the Karen know well and hare translated Into their own tongue If nothing rle 1 the Kartnt Are dra marl and a Ih > ma It I hard to And Uhllo Inning their love tonga lbe men contrive lo 1r ok them With Mb and bedew them a IIh tear They do not all I however ra e t They all try and the more o i rale the grief hi to able to aaura ib loan 1 apt him chant f r rlorllon l The Karen maiden trornt a mil larent w r To each of the barhrhors i I e nut the millden wooed an ower haughtily and briefly It It I usually usu-ally In I the amrmallve for the lover In very apt lo find out where ho tlandt In I the aflrcllorn of the maiden ha would marry before Plying his Pull In 00 pub lie a manner Attain the maiden shown herself Hometlme tha Pays her lover nay iboiwh never In a point blank manner Hhe manage to M I him un dartlaret that he la not the man of her thotce by talllwc him to Ml your toe before It andt the making fob After the waiting torun have ben concludeil the MHlplea who have aareeil leav the platform and hand In hand Iolllno an adjacent wnocl I uherelhey sit married Thl rniony Io I uMe4ly brief and whll It It LIP perfornwl the older ooet awe 1 the thlWten who have remalnM upon 1114 platform ran duct IW 10 it < d < frre t funeral rltea |