[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 257.3 # Storia do Mogor 257.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 257.3 - **Language:** English ### [257.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.257.3) Then, before the bridegroom can bind on the piece of gold (i.e., the tali), the bride's father and her other relations put themselves in front of him and demand for the girl more money than agreed on in the beginning. On this point there is always a grand dispute, which does not always end without the interchange of abusive words, the least of which would in Europe make a man kill himself, or in any other land where there was the least feeling of shame and modesty. To end up with, the bridegroom is called upon to pay the extra money that the father-in-law continues to ask for — that is, unless he prefers to give up the alliance. After this dispute is over, he ties the piece of gold to the neck of the bride, whereby the marriage is concluded. The bridegroom finishes with a profound bow to his mother-in-law that is to be, throwing himself at her feet. She raises him, and gives him a coco-nut. However, she is not allowed to speak to him again for many a year. This obeisance over, the bridegroom takes hold of the bride's foot, and before everybody puts it three times on a stone which they use to crush their pepper and similar articles of food. Then they resume once more their sacrifices. - [Previous: 257.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.257.2) - [Next: 257.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.257.4) - [Up: 257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.257) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.257.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.257.3) · Pramāṇa