The marriage ceremony in Greece consisted of a common meal of a precisely similar character, [169] and the English wedding cake seems to be a survival of such a rite.

At their weddings the Bhils make cakes of the large millet juari, calling it Juari Mata or Mother Juari.

These cakes are eaten at the houses of the bride and bridegroom by the members of their respective clans, and the remains are buried inside the house as sacred food.

Dr.Howitt states of the Kurnai tribe: "By and by, when the bruises and perhaps wounds received in these fights (between the young men and women) had healed, a young man and a young woman might meet, and he, looking at her, would say, for instance, 'Djiitgun! [170] What does the Djiitgun eat ?' The reply would be 'She eats kangaroo, opossum,' or some other game.

This constituted a formal offer and acceptance, and would be followed by the elopement of the couple as described in the chapter on Marriage." [171] There is no statement that the question about eating refers to the totem, but this must apparently have been the original bearing of the question, which otherwise would be meaningless.