Document Summary
The condition or practice of having more than one husband at one time. Marriage that is arranged by parents or relatives and is often not based on love. A type of marriage between blood relatives, usually to maintain the integrity of family property. The condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time. Tiwi females should be betrothed as soon as they begin to menstruate. Pregnancy occurs because a spirit enters the body of female. Since children belong to the entire community, tiwi females should never marry. Pregnancy occurs most easily at the graveside because of the spirits that rest there. In a _________________ relationship, children can be conceived and born at any time while the couple is hooking up, dating, living together, or married? sexual. If they get married, they are less likely to divorce than couples who did not live together prior to marriage.
