...immediately her fatherin-law caught her in his arms, ran under the human arch, and deposited her gentiy in the house of his son. When the husband, from where...ability to provide food for her. Hence it is only the well-to-do that can afford the luxury of more than one wife. Usually this practice is confined to the...

...jumped over the fire, passed through the human arch, and with a final yell threw his arms around bis wife in a long embrace. The ceremony as above described...ability to provide food for her. Hence it is only the well-to-do that can afford the luxury of more than one wife. Usually this practice is confined to the...

...contains many details which I did not meet with in Zambales, but the main feature, the sitting down nf the bride to receive her gifts, is the same. POLYGAMY...might be expected among the Negritos, a man may marry ae many wives as he can buy. His inability to provide the necessary things for her purchase argues...

...the Negritos are ordinarily monogamous, but polvgamy is allowed [Worcester in Adatrb. XVI 490] 519. As might be expected among the Negritos, a man may...ability to provide food for her. Hence it is only the well-to-do that can afford the luxury of more than one wife. Usually this practice is confined to the...

...without incurring any reproach.7 " Generally the Negritos of the Philippines are strictly monogamists." Among the Negritos " a man may marry as many wives as he can buy. . . . Polygamy is allowed throughout the Negrito territory, and it is not uncommon for a man to marry...