Cousin Marriage and agnatic rivalry in Pakhtun Society; An Anthropological analysis

Abstract

The present study is to examine the institution of marriage in a village community. It emphasis on the nature and extent of cousin marriage with special emphasis on “tra lor sara wada” marriage with father’s brother’s daughter], along with the causes and reasons behind this typical type of marriage in Pakhtun society. This article is an attempt to understand the nature of cousin marriage in Pakhtun society and its relationship with agnatic rivalry. As both phenomena are paradoxical to each other. The research looks into that, how society maintains both and how the advent of modernity and globalization has changed the dynamics of both institutions.