Punjabi Family

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Country Punjabis are aware of a few degrees of connection, running from the littlest unit, the tabbar or family, containing a few eras under one rooftop, a group of a few families having a place with all the living guys of a solitary line of drop, and the khandan, a bigger group of numerous families having a place with male relatives of a typical predecessor. At the point when folks orchestrate relational unions for their kids, custom directs the decision of spouse or lucky man from the same standing however not from the same group (got) or town. In the household, men and women are involved in different activities to ensure the availability of goods and services for family consumption. Although, these activities may be different, and have a …show more content…

Similarly on the female side all elderly ladies of the villages are called massi and mami (mother’s brother’s wife). bhua is called for father’s sister and his husband is called as phufa. In the younger generation all the boys and girls of the village are considered as brothers and sisters and this explains the prevalence of exogamy in the Punjab villages. Thus the father of the father is dada, mother of father is dadi. Dada also applies to any male relative through the dada or dadi, and dadi to any female through the dada or dadi. Thus dada is "grandfather," "great-uncle," and indeed all of their siblings, spouses, or siblings of spouses or spouses of siblings of whatever remoteness. Nana and nani are those similarly related on the mother's side. Father of dada is pardada, his wife is pardadi, and these terms too are similarly extended. Their counterparts on the mother's side are parnana and parnani. The term-pair superior to parnana-parnani on the father's side in turn is nakarnananakarnani. Above this no further relations are recognized on the father's side. The joint family framework having been in vogue for a really long time, the whole obligation regarding the upkeep of the family and of social relations falls upon the father. Nobody in the family can scrutinize his power. Indeed, even in such individual matters as getting a marriage, the father, as the leader of the family, has a definitive say. After his demise the forces go on to the eldest child who turns into the leader of the family and its boss delegate on every social

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