Among the Binbinga, Anula and Mara tribes the ritual defloration seems not to be a marriage ceremony, i.
In some of the North Queensland tribes (Cairns district) "the acceptance of food from a man by a woman was not merely regarded as a marriage ceremony, but as the actual cause of conception.
In some statements we are directly told that there is no betrothal ormarriage ceremony (in the six notes in J.
This is, that they accompanied the performance of a marriage ceremony, and that a chief feature of this ceremony was connected with some form of water-worship, or some rite in which water played a chief part.
In "Merry-ma-tansa" the game again consists of a marriage ceremony, with fuller details.
The clasping of hands, putting on a ring, and kissing are more like a solemn betrothal before a marriage ceremony.
To overcome the objection, the Jogi says that he wants the animal for a marriage ceremony.
In most cases it is necessary to produce clear evidence of a marriage ceremony, but in some exceptional instances a marriage may be proved by long reputation--e.
Marriage ceremony may be religious or civil in form.
Furthermore, they have no marriage ceremony, nor any word in their language to express marriage.
A marriage ceremony consists in the assembling of friends and distribution of presents.
The Malemutes are content with one wife, but they have no marriage ceremony, and can put her away at pleasure.
Fidelis, which opens at the Norfolk village of the earlier novel, and reintroduces the Delavels, contains fewer developed characters, as may also be said of A Marriage Ceremony.
It is not possible, for example, to point out anything in the shape of an essentially local first cause for any of the principal incidents of Not All in Vain and A Marriage Ceremony.
There is no marriage ceremony, but the young man must pay the parents of the bride one gong (f.
There is no marriage ceremony, but having secured the girl's consent and paid her father and mother the young man simply goes to her mat.
About sunset people gather for the marriage ceremony.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "marriage ceremony" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
