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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... boy's father , and the girl's father , being forewarned , sends others to meet them . One of the ambassadors opens the conversation by saying , ' We have the milk and you have the milk - pail ; let them be joined . ' To which the girl's ...
... boy's father , and the girl's father , being forewarned , sends others to meet them . One of the ambassadors opens the conversation by saying , ' We have the milk and you have the milk - pail ; let them be joined . ' To which the girl's ...
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... boy's father who puts forward his claim . Thus in Mandla and Bastar a man thinks he has a right to his sister's daughter for his son on the ground that his family has given a girl to her husband's family , and therefore they should give ...
... boy's father who puts forward his claim . Thus in Mandla and Bastar a man thinks he has a right to his sister's daughter for his son on the ground that his family has given a girl to her husband's family , and therefore they should give ...
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... boy must also agree to the match . Elsewhere matches are arranged by the parents , and a bride- price which amounts to a ... boy's father to take charge of her , and telling her that she now belongs to her husband's レ 19. Wed- ding ex ...
... boy must also agree to the match . Elsewhere matches are arranged by the parents , and a bride- price which amounts to a ... boy's father to take charge of her , and telling her that she now belongs to her husband's レ 19. Wed- ding ex ...
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... boys put a pestle across their shoulders , tie a living frog to it with a rag , and go from house to house ... boy's point in asking the frog to let his marriage be held is that if the rains failed and the crops withered , his ...
... boys put a pestle across their shoulders , tie a living frog to it with a rag , and go from house to house ... boy's point in asking the frog to let his marriage be held is that if the rains failed and the crops withered , his ...
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... boy's family . The ceremony is a mixture of Gond and Marātha forms ; the couple walk seven times round a bohla or mound of earth and the guests clap their hands . At a widow - marriage they walk three and a half times round a burning ...
... boy's family . The ceremony is a mixture of Gond and Marātha forms ; the couple walk seven times round a bohla or mound of earth and the guests clap their hands . At a widow - marriage they walk three and a half times round a burning ...
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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