While most societies follow a patrilineal tradition wherein the father's name is passed on to the children, some do not. Which one of these Indian ethnic communities follow a matrilineal tradition?
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Answer:
Matrilineal society
Explanation:
Matrilineal society
SOCIOLOGY
WRITTEN BY: Anjana Narayan
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Alternative Titles: matrilineage, matrilineal descent, matriliny, uxorial descent
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Matrilineal society, also called matriliny, group adhering to a kinship system in which ancestral descent is traced through maternal instead of paternal lines (the latter being termed patrilineage or patriliny). Every society incorporates some basic components in its system of reckoning kinship: family, marriage, postmarital residence, rules that prohibit sexual relations (and therefore marriage) between certain categories of kin, descent, and the terms used to label kin. A lineage is a group of individuals who trace descent from a common ancestor; thus, in a matrilineage, individuals are related as kin through the female line of descent.
Answer:
Tribes like Khasi tribe and Garo tribe follow the matrilineal tradition. It is a tradition wherein the children bear the last name of the mother and their father’s.
Explanation:
However in majority of the cases, it is the other way around which is called the patrilineal tradition.
In this case the ancestors are determined on the basis of the mother and not the father.
Hence, the family tree is largely dominated by the female member of the family. Also, when it comes to property ownership, the female gets the power and authority to do so.
Post marriage the male is expected to live at the mother-in-laws house.