Anthroclan

Types of marriage   A. Monogamy: It is a form of marriage when a single man marries a single woman or vice-versa and they settle down from a family. “Mono” means single and “Gamous” means marriage. Example – marriage among Kondh, Santhal, Oraon, etc.Monogamy is a response to balance sex ratio. As it also favors almost everyone a chance to have at least one spouse and also it provides effective sexual gratification for women and men. It also facilitates relatively easy rules of inheritance, succession and membership in kin group. Monogamy helps to maintain effective child rearing procedure and augment close emotional ties between parents and children. This form of marriage is vibrant in Indian Hindu Society.According to Malinowski, “Monogamy has been and will remain the only true type of marriage". Among the Hindus, until the passing of the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, a Hindu man was permitted to marry more than one woman at a time. Although permitted, polygyny has n...