The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India: pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central ProvincesMacmillan and Company, 1916 - Caste |
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Page 445
... Kharias , and their total strength is over a lakh . They are found elsewhere only in Assam , where they have probably migrated to the tea - gardens . The Kharia legend of origin resembles that of the 2. Legend Mundas , and tends to show ...
... Kharias , and their total strength is over a lakh . They are found elsewhere only in Assam , where they have probably migrated to the tea - gardens . The Kharia legend of origin resembles that of the 2. Legend Mundas , and tends to show ...
Page 446
... Kharias say this child had an elder brother , and the two brothers set out on a journey , the younger riding a horse ... Kharia . II SUBCASTES - EXOGAMY AND TOTEMISM 447 In Raigarh the 446 PART KHARIA.
... Kharias say this child had an elder brother , and the two brothers set out on a journey , the younger riding a horse ... Kharia . II SUBCASTES - EXOGAMY AND TOTEMISM 447 In Raigarh the 446 PART KHARIA.
Page 447
... Kharias , saying that the latter eat the flesh of tigers and monkeys , from which the Delkis abstain . In Bengal the tribe have two other divisions , the Erenga and Munda Kharias . totemism . The tribe is divided , like others , into ...
... Kharias , saying that the latter eat the flesh of tigers and monkeys , from which the Delkis abstain . In Bengal the tribe have two other divisions , the Erenga and Munda Kharias . totemism . The tribe is divided , like others , into ...
Page 449
... Kharias will take food together unless they are of the same sept . When a married daughter goes back to the house of her parents she cooks her food separately , and does not enter their cook - room ; if she did all the earthen pots ...
... Kharias will take food together unless they are of the same sept . When a married daughter goes back to the house of her parents she cooks her food separately , and does not enter their cook - room ; if she did all the earthen pots ...
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... Kharias believe that the spirits of the dead are reborn in children , and on the Bārhi day , a month after the child's birth , they ascertain which ancestor has been reborn by the usual method of divination with grains of rice in water ...
... Kharias believe that the spirits of the dead are reborn in children , and on the Bārhi day , a month after the child's birth , they ascertain which ancestor has been reborn by the usual method of divination with grains of rice in water ...
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ancestors animals Baiga bangles Bania Bastar Bengal Berar Bhumka Bihār body Brahmans bride bridegroom brother buried called Central Provinces ceremony Chanda Chhattisgarh child Chota Nagpur cloth considered cooked cultivators customs dance daughter dead deity derived Dhangars Districts Divorce Dravidian drink exogamous father feast festival flesh forest Gadaria girl give goat goddess gods Gonds Gosains Gowāris Gujarāt Gūjars hair Halbas head Hindu husband Ibidem impure India Jāts Jogis Kalārs Kanjars Kawars Kayasths Kharias Khatris Khonds killed known Kolis Kols Korkus Korwas Koshtis Kunbis Lingo liquor Mahādeo mahua Mandla Maratha marriage married months moon Muhammadan Munda nakshatras occupation offered origin panchayat persons priest probably Rāja Rājpūts rice rites round rupees sacred sacrifice Sambalpur sept Siva social spirit subcastes take food tattooed Telugu tiger tree Tribes and Castes turmeric usually village wedding widow wife woman women worship