It is considered an exchange for the girl.

The shamans avail themselves of _jus primae noctis_.
After the marriage the bridal couple separate, each staying in the old home for several weeks, after which the young man comes to live with his father-in-law for half a year or a year, until he has had time to make a house for himself.

In the meantime the young couple are fed, but they receive nothing else.

The young man has his own animals, which he got when he was small, and now his father gives him a piece of land.
Among the Christian Tarahumares the fiscal is advised of any contemplated marriage.

This functionary has charge of the church edifice and the teaching of the children.