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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... brother - in - law fills the bride's lap with sweetmeats and water - nut as an omen of fertility . The maihar or small wedding - cakes of wheat fried in sesamum oil are distributed to all members of the caste present at the wedding ...
... brother - in - law fills the bride's lap with sweetmeats and water - nut as an omen of fertility . The maihar or small wedding - cakes of wheat fried in sesamum oil are distributed to all members of the caste present at the wedding ...
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... brothers and sisters may marry . If a girl arrives at maturity without a husband having been found for her , she is wedded to a spear stuck up in the courtyard of the house , and then given away to anybody who wishes to take her . A ...
... brothers and sisters may marry . If a girl arrives at maturity without a husband having been found for her , she is wedded to a spear stuck up in the courtyard of the house , and then given away to anybody who wishes to take her . A ...
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... brother takes it and runs away and the bridegroom must follow and catch him . This is clearly a symbolic process representing the chase , of the sort practised by the Khonds and other primitive tribes , and may be taken as a ...
... brother takes it and runs away and the bridegroom must follow and catch him . This is clearly a symbolic process representing the chase , of the sort practised by the Khonds and other primitive tribes , and may be taken as a ...
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... brother , and was proclaimed as an outlaw by beat of drum . The marriage of members of the same group is for- bidden and also that of the children of two sisters , so long as the relationship between them is remembered . The caste ...
... brother , and was proclaimed as an outlaw by beat of drum . The marriage of members of the same group is for- bidden and also that of the children of two sisters , so long as the relationship between them is remembered . The caste ...
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... brother , the new husband must pay twelve rupees to her first husband's family , or to her parents if she has returned to them . If she takes with her a child born of her first husband with permission to keep it , the second husband ...
... brother , the new husband must pay twelve rupees to her first husband's family , or to her parents if she has returned to them . If she takes with her a child born of her first husband with permission to keep it , the second husband ...
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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