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" cousins " call each other " brother" and " sister " among 

 the Sinhalese, but this is merely a term of affection, and not 

 of actual relationship. It may, howeyer, be noted that 

 marriage of " first cousins " is preferred among the Kandy- 

 ans, while at the same time there is no idea of " tribal 

 brothers and sisters." 



