see thesawalamai in action.
Pawan doesn't have any clue about the Theswalamai laws but he must have read some Sinhala racist's diatribe and think the thesavalamai laws of Jaffna were against the Sinhalese.
The law didn't allow anyone to sell the family inheritance to anyone else including other Tamils. Only the personally acquired wealth can be given away at your own will. Do you understand now? :))
Thesavalamai is the traditional law of the Sri Lankan Tamil inhabitants Jaffna peninsula, codified by the Dutch during their colonial rule in 1707. The Law in its present form applies to most Tamils in northern Sri Lanka. The law is personal in nature thus it applicable mostly for property and marriage.
Under the this law, not all property could be given away. A person could give away only the tetiatettam i.e., property acquired by either spouse during the period after married life and or the priests acquiring from such properties. Even of the tetiatettam property, the husband cannot alienate the whole property the wife is entitled to half of it. Those properties inherited from the parents cannot be given away according to ones own wish. There are also cases of old ladies who do not have any children gifting their properties to the temple.
Edited By - Thivya - 2 Jan 2009 02:22:48 GMT |
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