拉加里人的“噶拉”(Skal):嫁妆、聘礼还是其他?

AGala(ska-la) of Lhagyali(lha-rgya-ri) People is Betrothal Gift,Trousseau or Other?

拉加里人的婚姻生活中有被称为“噶拉”的物品以及财产流动,其流动方向有三种:从女方家庭到男方家庭;从男方家庭到女方家;从男女两方的原生家庭到新建的小家庭。“噶拉”在流动过程中,似乎具有彩礼或聘礼的性质和特征,而在另外一些场景中则不具备这些性质和特征。文章通过对“噶拉”流动方向、内容以及分配方式的描述和分析,认为拉加里社会中的“噶拉”并非彩礼或聘礼,它所反映的是当地人子女均分的财产继承制度。

In the Lhagyali(lha-rgya-ri)people's marriage life,there is a kind of movable property called Gala(ska-la),which consists of three types:the property comes from the wife's family to the husband’s family,the one from the husband’sfamily to the wife's family and the one from the couple's parents to their newly built family.In the process of moving,the property has some characteristics and nature of betrothal gift and trousseau,but not in other time.By describing and analyzing the moving directions,items and distribution of Gala,the article points out that Gala of the Lhagyari people is neither betrothal gift nor trousseau,instead it reflects the equality of the property inheritance system of the local children.