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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... body of the novice , irrespective of sex , clean of hair , after which he or she is given to eat rice cooked in the water of the Ganges . This is followed by a feast to the tribe in which a pig must be killed . The Gadbas have ...
... body of the novice , irrespective of sex , clean of hair , after which he or she is given to eat rice cooked in the water of the Ganges . This is followed by a feast to the tribe in which a pig must be killed . The Gadbas have ...
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... body down a well . The murder was discovered and in revenge the minister killed every Ghasia , man , woman or child that he could lay his hands on . The only ones who escaped were two pregnant women who took refuge in the hut of a Ganda ...
... body down a well . The murder was discovered and in revenge the minister killed every Ghasia , man , woman or child that he could lay his hands on . The only ones who escaped were two pregnant women who took refuge in the hut of a Ganda ...
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... body , which the Hindus consider the wife to be , holding the same belief as that expressed in Genesis . After this the bride takes some child of the household into her lap II GOLAR 35 and then makes it over to the 34 PART GHOSI.
... body , which the Hindus consider the wife to be , holding the same belief as that expressed in Genesis . After this the bride takes some child of the household into her lap II GOLAR 35 and then makes it over to the 34 PART GHOSI.
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... bodies of all crabs at present . asked the crab where any earth could be found . said that if God would make its body hard it would find 1 Highlands of Central India ( Chapman & Hall ) . The crow The crab VOL . III E 7. Creation of the ...
... bodies of all crabs at present . asked the crab where any earth could be found . said that if God would make its body hard it would find 1 Highlands of Central India ( Chapman & Hall ) . The crow The crab VOL . III E 7. Creation of the ...
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... body and let it loose in the middle of the Gonds . All the Gonds at once got up and began to chase it , hoping for a meal . They seized sticks and stones and clods of earth , and their unkempt hair flew in the wind . The squirrel dodged ...
... body and let it loose in the middle of the Gonds . All the Gonds at once got up and began to chase it , hoping for a meal . They seized sticks and stones and clods of earth , and their unkempt hair flew in the wind . The squirrel dodged ...
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Common terms and phrases
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