BHAKATSMARRIAGE, 6 | চকলং (chattag) is the name of the Ahom marriage cere mony. বেই (be) is a wooden square frame set up on four posts and decorated, under which the bride and the bridegroom are given a ceremonial bath. Here বেই is put for বিয়া, a part for the whole, by synecdoche. Now-a-days, nearly all marriages, even amongst the Ahoms and Chutias, are performed according to the Hindu custom, there being very few “ chaklang” ceremonies. The Ahoms and Chuti- as are becoming rapidly Hinduised. 16. Bhakat৪. কনি পাৰে হাঁহে খাই ভকত দাহে। Kani pare ha(n)he khai bhakat da(n)he. Ducks lay eggs and the Bhakats eat them. | ভকত (bhakat).This is the name given to the disciples of the gosains. 168. Bhakats. ভকততকৈ ঢেকি থোৰা টো ডাঙ্গৰ নে। Bhakatatkai dhe(n)ki thora to dangar ne? Is the pestle of the “ dheki " of more value than a bhakat”? The থোৰা (thora) is the heavy pestle fixed on the lever of . the dhele. 169. _Marriage, যেতিয়া মাৰিব ঢোলত চাপ, তেতিয়া লব মুৰত কাপ। Jetiya mariba dholat chapar, Tetiya laba murat kapar. When the drum is beaten, Then cover your head with a cloth. It means that, when a marriage is finally settled and is going to be celebrated by the beating of drums, then the girl should cover her | head with a cloth. In Assam, girls before marriage do not veil themselves. It is only on the day of marriage and afterwards that the veil is donned, when the new life is said to begin. Univ Calif - Digitized by Microsoft ®
