the like. Salient features The child is a part of the mothers family The inheritance of lineage identity in the form of gotra or in the form of ancestral house is through the mother. Marriage between same "gotra" was prohibited. Inheritance is matrilineal, but in all aspects the husband is the head of the household. All Tuluvas practiced patriarchal system of living. The Mama is generally the male head of the family and was known as "Gurikare" in Tulu, means Yajamana in Kannada. Among Tuluvas, brothers usually manage the matrilineal family land on behalf of his sister. Matrilineal communities Tuluva sub-groups which practised a matrilineal system of inheritance included: Bunts, including the Jain Bunt Billava Kulala Devadiga Mogaveera See also Matrilineality Matrilineal succession References Analysis of the 1931 Census of India Tuluva Kerala society Karnataka society Bunt (community) Hindu law