CHAPTER IX

MARRIAGE

Courtship—Discussion where the married couple are to live—The fetching of the bride—The wedding ceremony—_Mlah Pinang_—Visit of the bride to her mother-in-law—Bride’s dress—Bridegroom—Old bachelors among the Dyaks—Age of marriage—Monogamy—Prohibitive degrees—Dyak view of marriage—Conjugal affection—Mischief-making mothers-in-law—Separation and reconciliation—Divorce—Adultery 120-132