ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Year : 2021, Volume : 11, Issue : 2
First page : ( 1) Last page : ( 12)
Online ISSN : 2231-5780.

Kinship, marriage and family patterns of meitei community in four districts of Manipur

Devi Ningombam Nilakumari

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Liberal College, Luwangsangbam, Imphal, Manipur, India

Online published on 27 May, 2021.

Abstract

In order to know a society properly, it is necessary to follow and understand the kinship system in the society. Human being a social animal is connected with various threads and bonds of relationship. Among these bonds of relationship, the blood relation plays a most important part. Kinship is the relation by the bond of blood, marriage and includes kindred ones. It represents one of the basic social institutions. Kinship is universal and in most societies plays a significant role in the socialization of individuals and the maintenance of group solidarity. It is very important in primitive societies and extends its influence on almost all their activities. A. R Radcliffe Brown defines kinship as a system of dynamic relations between person and person in a community, the behavior of any two persons in any of these relations being regulated in some way and to a greater or less extent by social usage. This relationship has been there in existence since the beginning of the society

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Key words

Kinship, Marriage, Family Patterns.

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