Abstract: Every tribe who are living in the world has its tradition and culture. The Chin tribe, one of the Myanmar ethnic groups, also has a unique system in the marriage institution by their traditional and customary laws and practices. The marriage system of the Chin tribal group makes their cultural identities preserve and distinguish their owned traditional tribal culture and custom from the other tribes. Every society needs changes by age from time to time. These changes introduced the modernization and the transition of culture. This present paper attempts to articulate the genesis of the traditional practice of the marriage of the Chin tribe. It also tries to highlight the continuities and changes of their indigenous marriage institution existing in the period of transition.
Keywords: Chin Ethnic, Marriage System, Changes.
Title: MARRIAGE SYSTEM OF CHIN TRIBE: CONTINUITY AND CHANGES
Author: Ram Kyin Khaing, Zhan Bei Bei
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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