The wedding last four days to a week, and the sexes conduct their ceremonies separately. A man may marry any girl from his father's brother's daughter from next door, to a stranger from up to twenty miles away. Both kin and stranger marriages have advantages. Bride price is usually from 300 to 500 T.L., and the size of the trousseau and scale of the wedding is related to the size of the bride price. A widow may return home, or may stay with her husband's family.
Brothers often inherit widows.
A wider remarries as soon as possible. Divorce, although simple for a man, is not common. No one family in Sakaltutan holds political power, though this may be the case in some villages. The muhtar is elected and changes frequently. Equally, the Council of Elders no longer consists of elders and does very little.