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Aboriginal marriage and ancient traditions
beau_dean posted a topic in Creativity, Spirituality & Philosophy
Hello everyone, This may sound off topic but I have been researching Australian Aboriginal and abriginal culture in general and it has led me to so many questions!!! but there is one particular that stands out. And that is the traditions of marriage through out ancient cultures. i understand why polygamy existed as a survival and economic tool but I also read this "The initiation of girls consists of cutting tribal signs on the upper part of the body as a rule some long scars across the breast – immediately after the first sign of maturity. The other preparation for womanhood is a rough-and-ready puncture to prepare her for mating with men. The puncture is performed by an old man belonging to the girl’s family group, assisted by an old woman whose role is to pacify the girl while the crude deflorescence is accomplished. The only concession made to the weaker sex is that the old man winds some kangaroo hairs round his finger so as to carry out his job as gently as possible. Afterwards the men who happen to be present and who, according to the marriage laws, are eligible as husbands have intercourse with the girl. If she is not already promised to one of them, she continues to have casual intercourse with men of her group until she gets married. Even after marriage it sometimes happens at special ceremonies that she is ‘lent’ to one of the other unmarried men who, by group rules, might have become her legal husband. A man who objects to lending his wife in this way to a tribal brother on a visit is considered greedy and anti-social. So my question is? Did aboriginal women have A choice in who they wanted to be with/have intercourse with? Where they forced to have sex? what is the purpose of having multiple men have sex with the girl?- 12 replies
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