blog schedule.
blogs marked * are required research for seminars
blog 31 |
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blog subject:Tell us about the process and nature of marriage among your people group. |
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resource questions for blog research:marriage |
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| How do they treat their children? | |
| What kind of festivities take place? | |
| Who initiates the marriage festivities? | |
| Who serves as master of ceremonies? | |
| How do people feel about romantic love, being alone, pleasure, family pride, friendliness, achievement, communal solidarity? | |
| Who wants more children, the husband or the wife? | |
| Who should be punished in adultery? Who performs the punishment? | |
| Are women ever stolen to become wives? Will such a woman ever run away? What is her status then? | |
| What may a pregnant woman do or not do? | |
| Were wives ever killed when the husband died? | |
| Can women ever be inherited? | |
| What characteristics do women look for in a man? | |
| How is the family related to other structures in society: to the neighbourhood? to kin? to community organizations? | |
| Is virginity expected before marriage? | |
| How does courtship take place? Who takes the initiative? | |
| What type of contacts between sexes are permitted before marriage? | |
| Do parents seek to protect the girl? | |
| Is virginity a cultural ideal? If it is not realized, how is this rationalized? | |
| Do all girls get married? | |
| How long must one wait before one can remarry after the death of the marriage partner? | |
| To which clan do the offspring belong? | |
| How many children does one want? | |
| Is divorce possible? | |
| Is there any education for marriage? Who gives it? | |
| Is marriage an agreement between the two young people or between the families? | |
| Who makes the approach for marriage, the young man, the young woman, the parents, the uncle, or some other individual? | |
| How is the marriage arrangement made? | |
| Which acts are termed adultery? | |
| Who punishes the adulterer? | |
| Is there any type of engagement? | |
| What is one’s relationship with one’s in-laws? | |
| Which kind of marriages would be preferred? | |
| What are the ideals of engagement? | |
| How companionable is the husband-wife relationship? How much trust, respect, and understanding is there? How much disrespect, deception, or tension? | |
| What is the goal of marriage? | |
| What is considered beautiful? | |
| What is the relationship between the respective sets of parents? | |
| What is the status relationship between husband and wife? | |
| Who experiences shame in the case of adultery? | |
| What is the ideal of marriage? What is the practice? | |
| Is there trial marriage? For how long a period? Under what conditions? Is it considered good or bad? | |
| What are the beliefs concerning how a woman becomes pregnant? | |
| What type of “spiritual” receptivity does a woman need to become pregnant? | |
| Can a woman prevent pregnancy? What types of contraceptives (medical, traditional and spiritual) does she use? | |
| Do wives or husbands ever bewitch their spouses? For what reasons? How? What must then be done? | |
| Why does a man become unfaithful to his wife? (bewitchment? Too strong sex drive? Stolen by another woman?) | |
| Why does a woman become unfaithful to her husband? | |
| Who punishes the wife if she makes a mistake? | |
| What is called handsome in a man? | |