Note 49 — MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
Reading edition
The “brother in the faith” with whom raw milk has been drunk, Vide page 41.
Betrothal, = balli = pumpkin in Gilgiti, Soél—Astóri
Bridegroom, = hileléo, Gil. hiláleo. Astóri.
Bride, = hilal
Bridegroom’s men, = garóni, Gil. hilalée, Astóri.
Marriage شادي = garr, Gil. Kàsh. Astóri
Dowry, = “dab,” Gil. and Astóri
(the grain, ghee and sheep that may accompany the betrothal-present is called by the Astóris “sakáro.”)
Husband, = baráo, Gil. baréyo, Astóri.
Wife, = Greyn, Gil. gréyn, Astóri.
Wedding dinner “garéy tíki” in Gilgiti. “Kajjéyn bai kyas,” in Astori (?) [“tikki” is bread, “bai” is a chippati, kyas = food].