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Show WEDDING RITES OF 8AVAGES. Very Simple Ceremonies Constitute a Marriage Among Them. Th innrrlago ceremonies of many savages nro of tho slmplost pogslbla 'escrlptlon. In some places, Indeed, says tho Leisure Hour, ceremony Is almost ontlrely dlspnnsed with. Thoro nro no woddlug rites in Onhomoy, "ox-copt "ox-copt whero tho king confers tho wife," tho InterforenCH of royalty rendering it necessary for tho brldo to present her future lord with a glass of rum. Brnndy-drlnklng Is tho principal feature feat-ure of tho coromony in some Brazilian Brazil-ian trlbos. Amongst tho Nnvajos, It Is only roqulred nf tho brldo nnd bridegroom bride-groom to eat mnlze-puddlng from the enmo platter. In tho Hill tribes of North Aracnn, marriage U described as "a wimple contract unaccompanied by ceremony," nnd It is an equally Informal In-formal nffftlr In many other tribes. At n Khaaln wedding, "the couple about to bo married merely alt together In one soat. and receive their friends, to whom they give a dinner or feast." Thoy havo a rather mixed ceremony amongst the Gouds and Korkus, con-olstlng con-olstlng of "oatlnK together, tying the garments together, dnnclng together round a pole, being half-drowned to-gothor to-gothor by a douche of water, nud tho Interchange of rlnga." A nogroja ot Lanugo Is legally married after tho bridegroom has eaton from two dlsliott which sho has cooked with hor own 'innd nnd carried to his hut. |