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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  The 
  ayllu 
  and 
  moiety 
  tend 
  to 
  be 
  endogamous, 
  although 
  not 
  by 
  for- 
  

   mal 
  prescription. 
  Of 
  183 
  recorded 
  cases 
  of 
  marriages 
  contracted 
  

   between 
  individuals 
  born 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Chucuito 
  (Peru) 
  proper, 
  89 
  

   percent 
  were 
  endogamous 
  within 
  the 
  moiety. 
  Of 
  26 
  marriages 
  re- 
  

   corded 
  in 
  qota 
  ayllu, 
  which 
  pertains 
  to 
  Chucuito, 
  85 
  percent 
  were 
  

   endogamous. 
  In 
  oxerana 
  ayllu, 
  which 
  pertains 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Ichu 
  

   (Peru) 
  , 
  20 
  marriages 
  were 
  recorded 
  of 
  which 
  90 
  percent 
  were 
  endog- 
  

   amous. 
  Marriages 
  outside 
  the 
  community 
  or 
  with 
  Quechua 
  are 
  dis- 
  

   approved. 
  Of 
  179 
  marriages 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Chucuito 
  only 
  

   three 
  Aymara-Quechua 
  marriages 
  were 
  discovered. 
  Some 
  informants 
  

   state 
  that 
  individuals 
  who 
  bear 
  the 
  same 
  family 
  name 
  should 
  not 
  

   marry, 
  while 
  others 
  maintain 
  that 
  marriage 
  is 
  permissible 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  individuals 
  do 
  not 
  possess 
  a 
  remembered 
  ancestor 
  (tunu) 
  in 
  com- 
  

   mon. 
  Marriage 
  between 
  cousins 
  today 
  is 
  not 
  approved. 
  10 
  Twins 
  of 
  

   the 
  opposite 
  sex 
  are 
  permitted 
  to 
  marry, 
  although 
  attitudes 
  toward 
  

   such 
  marriages 
  vary; 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  such 
  marriages 
  were 
  recorded 
  for 
  

   the 
  district 
  of 
  Chucuito. 
  The 
  sororate 
  and 
  levirate 
  occur 
  frequently 
  

   but 
  are 
  not 
  obligatory, 
  while 
  marriages 
  of 
  several 
  brothers 
  from 
  one 
  

   family 
  with 
  several 
  sisters 
  of 
  another 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  common. 
  Marriage 
  

   between 
  a 
  man 
  and 
  his 
  deceased 
  wife's 
  daughter 
  by 
  another 
  man 
  or 
  

   between 
  a 
  woman 
  and 
  her 
  deceased 
  husband's 
  son 
  also 
  occurs. 
  

  

  Both 
  sexes 
  live 
  loosely 
  before 
  marriage, 
  no 
  importance 
  being 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  virginity. 
  Love 
  affairs 
  take 
  place 
  early 
  in 
  life, 
  usually 
  

   while 
  the 
  couple 
  is 
  out 
  tending 
  the 
  livestock. 
  Sex 
  perversions 
  are 
  

   uncommon 
  today, 
  although 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  homosexuality 
  and 
  besti- 
  

   ality 
  existed 
  in 
  Bertonio's 
  time. 
  Male 
  trans 
  ves 
  tit 
  es 
  are 
  mentioned 
  

   by 
  several 
  writers 
  (La 
  Barre, 
  ms.; 
  Bandelier, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  146). 
  Adul- 
  

   tery 
  by 
  a 
  woman 
  was 
  formerly 
  punished 
  by 
  death 
  (Cieza 
  deLeon, 
  1924, 
  

   p. 
  314) 
  ; 
  today, 
  an 
  unfaithful 
  wife 
  is 
  usually 
  beaten 
  by 
  her 
  husband 
  and 
  

   often 
  divorced. 
  A 
  husband's 
  infidelity 
  is 
  mildly 
  disapproved 
  by 
  the 
  

   public, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  leads 
  to 
  divorce. 
  

  

  Marriages 
  are 
  usually 
  arranged 
  by 
  the 
  young 
  people 
  themselves. 
  

   The 
  first 
  evidence 
  of 
  interest 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  couple 
  in 
  one 
  another 
  is 
  horse- 
  

   play, 
  which 
  may 
  become 
  somewhat 
  violent, 
  such 
  as 
  striking 
  each 
  other, 
  

   throwing 
  stones, 
  etc. 
  To 
  propose, 
  a 
  man 
  steals 
  a 
  garment 
  from 
  the 
  

   girl; 
  if 
  her 
  parents 
  steal 
  it 
  back, 
  the 
  engagement 
  is 
  off. 
  In 
  western 
  

   Bolivia, 
  a 
  man 
  may 
  propose 
  by 
  bringing 
  his 
  sweetheart 
  firewood, 
  

   which 
  she 
  accepts 
  or 
  rejects 
  according 
  to 
  her 
  matrimonial 
  inclinations 
  

   (La 
  Barre, 
  ms.). 
  Trial 
  marriage 
  is 
  often 
  entered 
  into 
  for 
  an 
  indefinite 
  

   period 
  before 
  actual 
  marriage 
  (Bandelier, 
  ms.; 
  Komero, 
  1928, 
  p. 
  221). 
  

   It 
  entails 
  no 
  obligations 
  between 
  the 
  families 
  of 
  the 
  couple, 
  being 
  

   simply 
  designed 
  to 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  suited 
  to 
  and 
  

   satisfied 
  with 
  one 
  another. 
  

  

  w 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  pressure 
  of 
  field 
  research, 
  the 
  writer 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  tabulate 
  the 
  frequency 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  

   various 
  types 
  of 
  marriage 
  occur. 
  The 
  above 
  generalizations 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  statements 
  of 
  informants. 
  

  

  