1 Wazir—^ Wirah.
2 507
3 The price of the girl cannot in all cases be raised at once. For in-
4 stance an uncle will promise his daughter to his nephew when they are
5 both quite small. One informant stated that he paid nothing at his
6 betrothal, but gave Rs. 100 a year after it, Ks. 200 two years later and
7 that the marriage did not take place for another three years. *
8 At the time of betrothal the father of the girl gives her a large
9 ring and a silk-worked handkerchief. °
10 The husband does not go to the wedding, but only the men and women
11 of his family and acquaintance. Very serious resistance is sometimes
12 offered to his party on their arrival at tl/e other village, which is
13 timed for dark. There is then a feast in the girl’s house, after which
14 all the males go to the chawfe and are entertained with singing and
15 dancing. The women of the bridegroom’s party attire the gfrl, dress
16 her hair like a married woman’s, and put menhdi on her. There is next
17 an interchange of small presents. The young boys of the bridegroom’s
18 party being given red ropes, and the girls silken braids by the parents
19 of the girl. Each dancer is presented with a handkerchief.
20 In the early morning the bride is taken away. The brother or, if
21 there be none, the father of the girl returns with her to her hus-
22 band’s house, but no other member of the girl’s party. Ou arrival
23 most of the villagers disperse, but near relatives remain and are fed
24 at the expense of the bridegroom. The men also get a jpagri each
25 and a rupee each is given to the women.
26 At bed-time the orthodox nikdh takes place and is followed by
27 consummation. People say that it is a sign of the degeneracy of the
28 times that patience is not observed, and that in the old days modesty
29 used to prevent consummation for a long time. The brother is present
30 during the nikdh and leaves next day. Three nights are spent by the
31 girl with her husband and then she goes back to her parents’ house
32 with her father or brother, who comes to fetch her. She stops away
33 ten days or so and is again brought back by a relative of the husband.
34 Her father is supposed to give her a bullock, a goat or the like on her
35 second departure.
36 Slight differences may occur in different sections. The points to
37 notice are the presence of the bridegroom at the betrothal, his absence
38 from the wedding, and the accompaniment of the girl by her brother to
39 the husband’s house. Ths dum plays little part except as a musician.
40 Wazie, said to be a sub-caste of the Awdns.
41 Wehba, an Ardin clan (agricultural) found in Montgomery.
42 Welan, a Jdt clan (agricultural) found in Multdn.
43 Weruana, a Kharral clan (agricultural) found in Montgomery,
44 WiJHERE, a Kharral clan (agricultural) found in Montgomery.
45 WiJHi, a Jdt clan (agricultural) found in Multdn.
46 WiJHi, a clan (agricultural) found in Shdhpur.
47 WiNzAT, a woman of the Ghuldm class in Peshdwar.
48 WiEAH, a Dogar clan (agricultural) found in Amritsar.