What Is Alon Between The Nyimba And The Canela's Relationship?

The Canela have always been considered and monogamous, meaning they marry in pairs, society, even with the practice of extra-marital sex. While extra-marital sex is practiced by most, marriage is considered separate, and occurs when a child is conceived. The child will be then raised by the couple, and they will live in the wife’s household, although extra-marital relations will continue on. The Canela have a very interesting view of conception, as they believe that multiple men donate semen, which together form the fetus, as opposed to one man fertilizing the egg. Through this the child can have multiple fathers, although the mother’s true husband is the one who raises it, as it is assumed that he donated the most semen.
The idea of multiple fathers, or partible paternity, shows how important sharing is to the Canela, as they believe they need multiple partners in order to strengthen the fetus.
In the Nyimba way, the children are raised by all of the brothers, and the brothers are considered father-figures, while in the Canela, the children may have multiple fathers, but they will only be raised by one. As for motherhood, in the Canela, a child’s mother-figures would be the women who raised it, although, none of them are guaranteed to be its birth mother, as covered earlier. In the Nyimba, however, the mother takes the form of the birth mother, along with any sisters the father may have, if they haven’t already married into a new family.
These varying ideals behind motherhood and fatherhood are reflected in how the cultures see kinship and family. The Canela see family as those who have raised them, and focus far less on the biological aspect of parentage than our culture does. In this culture, if someone are brought into a new family to be raised, then the new family are their true relatives, and the child is as much a member of the lineage as an actual