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MUNDURUCU (Brazil)
Tocantins (1877:[p34])[1]:
“Sometimes a Mundurucu
is betrothed to a young girl through an agreement with her family, and
thenceforth treats her as his future wife, supplying her with game and other
means of subsistence until she reaches puberty and the marriage is
consummated”.
Horton
(1948:p278-9)[2]:
“Martius (1867) says
that a girl at her first menstruation is required to undergo a long period of
fasting “while exposed to the smoke in the gable of the hut. A girl may be
betrothed while still quite young to a mature warrior. Though she remains
with her parents and the marriage is not consummated until she reaches
puberty, the prospective husband assumes the responsibility of providing food
for her and her parents. A younger man may obtain a wife by giving several
years’ bride service in the household of the girl’s parents”.
Murphy (1985:p130, 202)[3]
“There were no puberty ceremonies
of any kind at the time of our visit, but informants told us that rites used
to be held for young boys. […] With the passage through puberty, the girl is
now considered to be sexually available and goes through a period of
courtship and liaisons. By fourteen she is ready for marriage, and the cycle
of mature womanhood begins”.
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
Last
revised: Sept 2004
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