IMPLEMENTATION OF MARRIAGE BY INDIGENOUS LAW TO YEI TRIBE COMMUNITIES

Yei traditional wedding ceremony is a marriage that holds fast the traditions and customs of the indigenous people. Marriage is a sacred thing in determining a life partner so it must be decided together in the male family. In the implementation of Yei tribal marriages using traditional processions, national law processions, and religious law processions. The Yei tribe has a very thick history and traditional traditions and highly respects their customary law. the process of implementing Yei tribal marriages still uses customary processions combined with religious law so that there is a mixture of the implementation of marriages within the Yei tribal community. The purpose of this study is to study and analyze the implementation of marriage according to customary law in the Yei tribal community. The method used in this legal research is empirical juridical research methods using primary data and secondary data analyzed by descriptive analysis. The results showed that the process of implementing marriages according to customary law in the Yei tribal community is through marriage/application, the marriage process is carried out in a customary manner and then proceed with religion and state, after that it is closed with a custom event / traditional party