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प्रश्न
Discuss any seven features of Exogamy.
उत्तर
Exogamy is the practice of marrying outside one’s clan, village or group descent group or lineage.
Features:
- There are four kinds of exogamy among the Hindus. They are Gotra, Pravara, Sapinda and village.
- The fear of racial degeneration leads to exogamy
- The desire to widen the area of co-operative cultural contact is another reason.
- The need for genetic diversity also led to exogamy.
- Norms related to incest are also responsible for exogamy.
- In hunting and food gathering communities, women were a burden, and this would have led to female infanticide and female scarcity. This might have forced men to marry girls from outside.
- Man’s desire to marry someone belonging to a different social group led to marital alliances with members from other groups.
- Exogamy led to culture conflict and cultural degeneration.
Notes
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