He has, however, like Nayars, tali-kettu andsambandham separately.
A sambandhamalliance does not confer any rite of inheritance.
They can marry Kiriyattil women, and their women occasionally have sambandham with Samantan Rajas.
The sambandham of South Malabar, and the kidakkora kalyanam of Palghat have all or most of the incidents of pudamuri, except the presenting of cloths.
It is noted in the Cochin Census Report, 1901, that one name for the sambandham rite is kitakkora, meaning bed-chamber ceremony.
It is thus found that sambandham is the principal word denoting marriage among marumakkatayam Nayars.
I shall describe the pudamuri or vastradanam as celebrated in North Malabar, and then show how the other forms of sambandhamdiffer from it.
Raman Menon on sambandham among the Akattu Charna or Akathithaparisha (inside clan), Mr. Fawcett states that "my informant says in the first place that the man should not enter into sambandham with a woman until he is thirty.
The Marayans there appear to have confined themselves to officiating as drummers in temples, and to have obtained the title of Ambalavasi; and, in course of time, they were even honoured with sambandham of Nambudiris.
In North Malabar, which is much more conservative than the south, it was, however, my experience that sambandham was rare on the side of the man before twenty-seven.
I would now briefly refer to the local variations to be found in the ceremony of the sambandham, and also the particular incidents attached to certain forms of sambandham in South Malabar.
A sambandham ceremony at Calicut is recorded by Mr. Fawcett, at which there were cake and wine for the guests, and a ring for the bride.
It will also be found, on a close and careful examination of facts, that the principal features of this sambandham ceremony all over Keralam are in the main the same.
After this, the woman may enter into sambandham (connection) with a Nanchinad or Pandi Vellala.
Women of both sections may affect sambandham (alliance) with Nayars.
The Kaniyans observe both the tali-kettu ceremony before puberty, and sambandham after that event.
Monogamy is almost the universal rule, but divorces can be so easily obtained that the marriage tie can scarcely be regarded as more binding than the sambandham among the Hindus on the coast.
A Kootan can enter into a sambandham (alliance) with a woman of his own caste, or with a Pulaya woman.
The girls either marry into their own caste, or enter into the sambandham form of alliance with Nambutiris.
The Chakkiyar may choose a wife for sambandham from among the Nambiyars.
When it is received on the appointed day, the astrologer is consulted, and, if he is favourably inclined, a day is fixed for the sambandham ceremony.
The sambandham of North and Central Travancore differs from that of South Travancore in some material respects.
It is, however, necessary that the girl must have her tali tied before some one contracts sambandham with her.
This ceremony is known as sambandham kural or sambandham piriththal (proclaiming relationship).
The Paravas perform both the tali-kettu and sambandham ceremonies.
There are cases in which the tali-kettu is performed by a Pisharati, and sambandham contracted with a Brahman.
Otherwise a sambandham ceremony has to be performed either by the tali-tier or some one else, to establish conjugal relations.
Both follow marumakkatayam (inheritance in the female line), and their women as a rule have sambandham (alliance) only with Brahmans or Kshatriyas.
This exchange is called mel sambandham kural, or proclaiming relationship.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sambandham" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
