Highlight the major features of kinship system in north india
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This kinship system is present in Hindi speaking belt and also in areas where Aryan culture influence is substantive. It includes West Bengal, Orissa and Bihar. In case of North India kinship system, the terminology used for father's brother is not used for mother's brother ,therefore Patrikins are distinguished from Matrikins. Within Patrilineal system father's brother are distinguished from father's sister therefore differential terminologies are used. Father's brothers are also distinguished in terms of age and so deferential respect is attribute to them.
In North India kinship systems, the rules of marriage is highly exhaustive because a large body of people are excluded from alliance relationship. One is not supposed to receive a woman from a group to which women is offered within 5 to 7 generations. In addition to that one cannot receive women from his mother’s group or mother's mother group, father’s mother group and from within his own village. Hence exogamy is quite exhaustive and marriage involves not intra-family ties but inter-village ties. Residential system is very Virilocal (bride lives with husband's father’s group) type and marriage involves a series of presentational obligations.
In North Indian kinship father – son relationship precedes over husband – wife relationship.
Elaborating on this Veena Das in an analysis of Punjabi kinship system indicates that natural sexual relationship between husband and wife are subdued to social established relationship between father and son
thereby glorifying the values of patriarchy (system of kinship where authority rests with male).
In North India kinship systems, the rules of marriage is highly exhaustive because a large body of people are excluded from alliance relationship. One is not supposed to receive a woman from a group to which women is offered within 5 to 7 generations. In addition to that one cannot receive women from his mother’s group or mother's mother group, father’s mother group and from within his own village. Hence exogamy is quite exhaustive and marriage involves not intra-family ties but inter-village ties. Residential system is very Virilocal (bride lives with husband's father’s group) type and marriage involves a series of presentational obligations.
In North Indian kinship father – son relationship precedes over husband – wife relationship.
Elaborating on this Veena Das in an analysis of Punjabi kinship system indicates that natural sexual relationship between husband and wife are subdued to social established relationship between father and son
thereby glorifying the values of patriarchy (system of kinship where authority rests with male).
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