Title - Kinship terminology among Dhankut and marriage

Title - Kinship terminology among Dhankut and marriage
pattern
Author - Dr. Alok Chantia
Keywords - Kinship, Kinship terminology, Dhankut, Marriage, Isolation, Gotra,
Lineage.
Abstract
Kinship is not only the study of relations but also the understanding of the
real social structure of a group. Dhankut is a social group of district
Bahraich (U.P.) It is a Mendalian population, who in the absence of history
about themselves in the gazetteer or in any government record, are facing
numerous difficulties in their daily life. The government is not ready to give
them caste certificates. Today Dhankut have 36 lineage instead of gotra.
They perform cross-cousin marriage and parallel cousin marriage, which
provide them a specific place in northern India, where such marriages are a
social taboo. In the light of kinship terminology these marriage patterns
show a different picture, which has been discussed in my proposed paper.