The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1850-07-11
MARRIAGE IN DIFFERENT NATIONS.

MARRIAGE IN DIFFERENT NATIONS.
In Ceylon one of the principal of the
marriage ceremonies consists in tying
together the clothing of the bridegroom
and the bride, to signify that they are
bound together for life. This ceremony
is performed in the presence of their
friends, and with such festivities as the
means of the persons will admit.
In Java. there are three kinds OF mar
riages. The first and most common Is,
where the parties are of equal condl-
ton or the bridegroom is the superior
of the bride: the second is when the
wife's station is much higher than that
of the husband and the third is kind
of half marriage, the oifsprings of
which are not admitted to an equality
with other children. This marriage is
quite unceremonious but the two other
modes are celebrated with some display.
The first wife is always the head OF the
family.
Girls in Java are married at so early
an age that a single woman of twenty
two is almost unheard of. A price is
always paid by the bridegroom. The
Bridegroom, splendidly mounted, ac-
companied by his friends. with music,
goes to salute his bride. She comes out
and meets them with a low obeisance.
They sit together on an elevated seat,
and cat out of the same dish, after
which they go to he mosque and the
nuptials are celebrated according to the
Mahommedan ritual. Then ensues a
wedding procession through the village,
a grand feast, and at the end of five
days another procession, in which the
bride is conducted to the residence Of
her husband. In some places the spin
ming wheel, loom, and kitchen utensils
are carried in the bridal procession. In
others, the bride washes the BRIDE
groom's feet in token Of subsection.
In Sumatra, the battus have as many
wives as they please, generally five or
six. and all live in the same apartment
with their common husband, but each
has a separate fireplace. Husbands
purchase their wives of their father
in-law, and gamble them away-all sell
them whenever they choose.
Among the Redjungs, another tribe.
besides the purchase of wives, a man
is adopted by the girfs father as son
in-law, and both is subject to the parent /;
and there is another marriage where
both men and women pay an equal
price and are on perfect equality. The
ceremonies are very simple.
In Borneo no man is allowed to solicit
a damsel in marriage, until he has cut
off the head Of an enemy. When this
condition is fulfilled, the lover makes
presents TO his mistress; if they are ac-
cepted. an entertainment is given by
a.oom aus % is conduct usstt.er the feast the bride;
the bride. At the door. y .iio enI Uus sn.; =.
kles him with the blood of cocs pm, pand
her with the blood of hen; the partie:
then give each other their bloody hands
and from that time they live together
If a man loses his wife, he cannot marry
a second until he cuts off the head o
another enemy.
In Celebes, the husband receives M
other dowery with his wife than tht
presents she obtains before the cere
mony. As soon as the young couple
are married, they are shut up in al
apartment by themselves for three days
a servant brings them the necessar,
food. while their friends are enter
tanned with great merriment by th'
brides father. At the end of this tim'
they are liberated, and receive the con
| oratulations of their friends.
L tn, III % Z "A Kramer
paper relates the following curious Incl
dent, illustrative of Partisan knavery:
Three days ago, a new married cou
pie arrived in Paris from Vernon, I
pass the honeymoon. On Thursda..
they had arranged to go to the theatr
together, but the wife being indispose
the husband went alone. During TIT
performance he went to take turn Of
the boulevard, and, whilst walking
quietly along, he was violently pushe
against by a man. The young ma
made an angry exclamation; the othe
responded in grossly insulting terms
ahd at length blows were exchanges;
Two other men came up to the assai
ant, and the young man would hav
been grossly i'll treated if the appeal
ance Of two sergens de ritie had nc
caused the three men to take to flight
About an hour after, man, having tn
appearance of commissionaire, pre-
sented himself to the wife, and told ne
that her husband had been arrested fo
having, in quarrel at a cafe, broken
looking glass and table, and that b
accordingly begged Of her to go to hirr
with money to pay for the damage
The wife, dreadfully alarmed, tied u
some bank notes in pocket handkel
chief, and fastened off in a cab, tn
commissionaire taking a place besid
her. On arriving at their destinatio
the man, to her surprice, suddenly di:
appeared, and she was still more astor
ished to find that her pocket handkel
chief and notes had disappeared also
She hurried home again, and ther
found her husband. They both relate
their adventures, and it appeared tha
the thieves must have discovered tn
wife's address from letter in the hu'
bands pocket book, which they ha
managed to steal in the scuffie, thoug