Types of Marriages(Social Studies)

Types of Marriage

Marriage: the legal union of One Man to One Woman

 

• Monogamy – marriage of one man and one woman (Legally accepted in the Caribbean.
• Polygamy – a general term for many wives and husbands (it may either be).
• Polygene – one man having a number of wives.

FOUND IN: Muslim societies (eg. Egypt traditional west African tribes : Ibo, Fulani and Asante .  

• Polyandry – on woman with a number of husbands.

      FOUND IN: (Sinhalese of srilanke)