Note 48 — Chapter VIII · TOTEMISM AND FETISHISM.
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Among Shrigaud Brāhmans, on the marriage day, one of the men of the bridegroom’s party wears a wreath made of a sambelu, a broom and other articles. Some special marks are also made on his forehead. Thus adorned, he goes with the bridegroom’s procession and plays jokes with the parents of both the bride and bridegroom. His doing so is supposed to bless the bridal pair with a long life and a large family.48