I was studying some of the tribes who because of their ancient lore passed down survived the 2004 Tsunami when most other people low enough in those areas of the Indian Ocean didn't. As I studied them I found a term I was not familiar with which is "Exogamy". If I understand what this term means I would have to say that we in the western world practice endogamy which is marriage within a social group. However, since endogamy and exogamy were unfamiliar to me (at least since I was in college) 20 years ago now or more I'm not entirely sure if I got this right.
So, what exogamy means is that if you want to be married the two of you have to go away alone somewhere outside of your community to practice your faithful marriage. How that works when people in that marriage rejoin their community is anyone's guess I guess. Not sure.
begin quote from google:
Exogamy
Exogamy
is a social arrangement where marriage is allowed only outside of a
social group. The social groups define the scope and extent of exogamy,
and the rules and enforcement mechanisms that ensure its continuity. Wikipedia
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