Let the reader make no mistake. i was married, not betrothed. for in kathiawad there are two distinct rites—betrothal and marriage. betrothal is a preliminary promise on the part of the parents of the boy and the girl to join them in marriage, and it is not inviolable.

according to this excerpt from the story of my experiments with truth, a betrothal is a(n)

Alberto is reading a myth. he wants to learn about the cultural context of the myth-tellers. to do so, he will write a question about each of the four aspects of cultural context. he has written the following question: what kinds of ceremonies or celebrations did the people of this culture practice? which aspect of cultural context does the question address? lifestyle setting customs values