People of India: Kerala (3 pts.)

age at marriage Ambalavasi animal husbandry Arayan arecanut bath betel body boys Brahman bride-price bride's residence bridegroom cash Castes and Tribes ceremony chief mourner child clan cloth coconut consumed cooked Cosmo Publications cremation daily wage death deities Delhi District divorce dowry economic elders eldest endogamy equigeniture exogamy favourable feast is given female festivals folk-songs forest girl girl's Hindu India Iyer Izhava Kaikolan Kaniyan Kannada Karnataka Kasaragod District Kerala Knanaya Kongu Kshatriya Kuravan Kurichian Kuruman Luiz Madiga Mala Malabar Malai Arayan Malayalam Malayalam script Malayan male Mannan Mappila marriage marumakkathayam menarche modern medicare Monogamy mother Nayar nonvegetarian Nowadays nuclear families Onam Palakkad parents past patrilocal patrilocal residence performed puberty religious remarriage rice rites rituals role Sabarimala sacred specialist seventh Sidhanar social staple food takes place Tamil temple thali Thiruvananthapuram Thurston Tribes of Southern tubers varna village Vishu Wayanad widower woman women worship