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MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. 385
One of them is par excellence the melody of the Orient.
I do not know if it has a name, but Mrs. Flora Annie
Steel has sufficiently indicated its scope and cadence by
wedding to it the word^” Twinkle, twinkle, little star.”
The marriage customs- of Tibet are like those of the
vast majority of *nankind— the lady is bought. But one
Tibetan children.
feature in the preliminaries differentiates it strongly
from the methods of modern England. The girl’s mother
will firmly and repeatedly insist upon the ugliness and
uselessness of her debutante whenever a suggestion is
made by the professional matchmaker of the village.
This modesty, however, can be overcome by a little
negotiation. Groomsmen and bridesmaids are, I believe,
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