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• Textgaya hidupmarriage...1 more

  I wonder whether the Btsisi'...

  "I wonder whether the Btsisi' ideology of equity and cooperation will be possible, especially if husbands and wives no longer work together as partners in their daily activities. Working together every day as partners requires respect and friendship. If husbands and wives no longer can work together and share in their daily experiences, I wonder whether the close relationship I had with Jelang and my mother had with her husband will exist for my granddaughters."
• Textmarriageorang asli

  Even when we marry,...

  "Even when we marry, the elders reinforce the belief in the couple as a single, cooperating unit. Part of the wedding ceremony, the nyampak, for those never before married, teaches the couple about how they are to work in unison. The nyampak is a ritual which reinforces the concept of working in unison through the metaphor of physical movement (Nowak, 1987: 122)."
• Textcinamarriage...2 more

  It should be noted that Mah Meri ideas...

  "It should be noted that Mah Meri ideas about marriage also affect to a great extent their attitudes towards outsiders. There are several instances when Mah Meri girls have been married to Chinese, and hardly any objection have been raised to such marriages. This is because in all cases, the Chinese concerned have become culturally assimilated to the Mah Meri, and their children are brought up in the normal Mah Meri way. Marriage with Malays is very infrequent and public opinion is hostile, first because of religious difficulties, and also because the Mah Meri feel that the attitude of the average Malay villager towards marriage is too light-hearted."
• Textmarriageorang asli...1 more

  Among all of the Negrito tribes, marriage is an informal arrangement and it is not marked by...

  "Among all of the Negrito tribes, marriage is an informal arrangement and it is not marked by any special ceremony. This of course does not mean that there is complete sexual freedom or that there is an absence of social regulations as regards marriage. From another point of view, marriage, as an institution, is regarded as of the highest importance."