Sororate is Complementary to the practice of levirate. It is the practice of marrying sister of deceased wife.
- Term also applies when husband of childless woman is given to her sister for m’age in which children born to 2nd are considered as children of childless women.
Features
- Serve useful Social function
- ensure that man who has handed over the Bride price shall have a privilege he is entitled to, like the services of a wife.
Example
- Gond & Kharia Tribe
- Arapaho & other plains of Middle East
