 | 1892 - 520 pàgines
...dead', or 'oh! my brother is dead'.' (Punjab Gazetteer, Karnal District, Lahore 1884, pp. 77, 78.) ,The final moments are a scene of great sorrow, real...were going to her death; and the girl herself, who 1 ,Merkwürdig ist die Befürchtung, es mächte die Braut, welche herein heiratet, später Hexenwerk... | |
 | 1883 - 522 pàgines
...moments are a scene of great sorrow, real or affected. The mother weeps violently and noisily—the women of the family beat their breasts as if the girl...whine, which she stops on the slightest occasion. Meanwhile, the bridegroom stands by and looks foolish. The Rnjputs don't send the bridegroom to fetch... | |
 | Michal Zmigrodzki - 1907 - 378 pàgines
...dead" — „oh! my brother is dead" (Punjab Gazet. Karnal Dist. 1883 Lahore pp. 77, 78) „The finał moments are a scene of great sorrow real or affected....if the girl were going to her death ; and the girl hirself, who one would think was glad enough, puts in a sympathetic whine, which she stops on the slightest... | |
 | Anthropological Society of Bombay - 1894 - 566 pàgines
...whatever it may have been a generation ago. It is the case in India still. " The final moments are scenes of great sorrow, real or affected. The mother weeps...whine, which she stops on the slightest occasion. Meanwhile the bridegroom stands by and looks foolish." (Punjab Gazetteer, Delhi District, 188384, p.... | |
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India, too, screaming and crying of the bride is an essential feature of the marriage ceremonies — "the final moments are a scene of great sorrow, real or affected; the mother weeps violently and noisily; the women of the family beat their breasts as... 