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This document discusses polyandry among the matrilineal Nair community in southern Malabar, India. It describes how the Nairs were divided into hierarchical sub-castes and tended to practice endogamy within these groups. Choices for marriage partners were further limited by dependencies on ruling Brahmin and Nair families, forming closed networks. The author conducted interviews with elderly informants to learn more about the conditions and customs surrounding past polyandrous marriages among the Nairs, tho

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anjana

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