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KINSHIP ORGANIZATION IN SOUTI-LWEST 87
is the ï¬Åne of a pig which is paid to the father-in-law, the making
of such a payment being termed imbamba. The numerous restric-
tions appear to be felt as irksome by the natives themselves, for
Amanrantus of Looremew said that he was afraid to marry for
fear of forgetting to observe these tabus and having therefore
to pay pigs.
B r0ther- and Sister-in-law
The husband's elder and younger sister is spoken of as 1/ilump
limbu, meaning the “ sacred girl ", and a man speaks of the elder
and younger brothers of his wife as mar limbu, or "sacred
man â€ù. Towards the vilamp limlm and mar limbu a woman and
a man respectively observe the same restrictions on behaviour
as they do towards the parents-in-law : they may not say their
name in their presence, they do not pass behind these relatives
nor touch their heads (one man would not even hold the hat of his
wife’s ha.Lf~brother), and food is offered with the word gulzs not
gmm. This behaviour however, is not reciprocal; a woman
does not observe any such restrictions with regard to her brcther’s
wife, nor a man to his sister's husband. Between a man and
his wife's brother there is coupled with this “ avoidance " an
obligation of reciprocal helpfulness. They assist each other in
their yarn gardens and they may take each other’s property.
The behaviour of a woman to her husband's elder brother is
similar to that towardsher husband's sisters, but no such restric-
tions interfere with her social intercourse with her husband's
younger brother whose wife she mayvery likely become in the
event of her husband's death. As with the husband's sisters,
so with his elder brother, the avoidance is not reciprocal. The
only distinction in the behaviour of a man to the wives of his
elder and younger brothers, is that he addresses the former, whom
he may one rday marry, by her personal name, while the latter,
who is strictly forbidden him as a wife, he always calls avile.
The special behaviour between relatives by marriage is
tem-ied ikam, meaning literally “ he tabu
Just as it is possible for a man who wishes to marry a woman