CHAPTER XXI

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EDUCATION AND FAMILY MATTERS AMONG THE MAYAS.

Education of Youth -- Public Schools of Guatemala -- Branches of Study in Yucatan -- Marrying-Age -- Degrees of Consanguinity allowed in Marriage -- Preliminaries of Marriage -- Marriage Ceremonies -- The Custom of the Droit du Seigneur in Nicaragua -- Widows -- Monogamy -- Concubinage -- Divorce -- Laws Concerning Adultery -- Fornication -- Rape -- Prostitution -- Unnatural Crimes -- Desire for Children -- Childbirth Ceremonies -- Rite of Circumcision -- Manner of Naming Children -- Baptismal Ceremonies 661

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