Vol. 4 No. S-12 (2022): Volume 4, Issue S-12, Year 2022
Articles

The People of Marutham Land: Their Lives and Culture

Uma S
Department of Tamil Studies, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal-624101, Tamil Nadu, India
Kamali T
Department of Tamil Studies, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal-624101, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2022-09-20

Keywords

  • Marutham Land,
  • Agriculture,
  • Sangam Age,
  • Marutham People Culture

How to Cite

S, U., & T, K. (2022). The People of Marutham Land: Their Lives and Culture. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(S-12), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt224s125

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Abstract

Social anthropologists have given various interpretations and definitions of culture. Culture is interwoven into the domestic as well as the public life of the people of the Sangam age. The culture of the people of Marutham land depended on agriculture. The people who lived in fertile agricultural lands lived by the disciplines that they could follow. Marriage is considered important and primary in Tamil culture. The Akananooru songs talk about the rituals of marriage. It is understood that "Silambu Kazhi Nonbu" (removal of anklets put on by the parents before the marriage of the girls) was the main ritual in the wedding rituals. The wedding rituals were simple. It is mentioned in the Kalitthokai that wearing new clothes at the time of the wedding, wearing new ornaments, adorning with garlands of flowers, and circumambulating the fire as guided by the Brahmin during the time of the wedding.

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