Observations:
- The villagers try to control the Pygmies in making sure they are married according to the Negro custom. The Pygmies don't necessary take the village wedding as "seriously" as the Negros do. They sanctify a marriage in their own way later.
Yambobo was basically humiliated enough to be forced to marry Taphu and Maliamo married Kenge. Kenge had to give his sister to Taphu in order to marry Maliamo.
This chapter did not really speak much about religion.
From a functional anthropologist perspective the people see marrying as a essential way to survive. Kenge knew he wanted to marry Maliamo and he allowed his sister to be beaten and humiliated in order to convince her to marry Taphu so he could get married. The people do what they need to in order to survive as an individual.
Turnbull with the Mbuti children in 1953
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