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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... ceremony is performed by walking round the sacred pole , and the party return to the bride- groom's lodging , where his brother - in - law fills the bride's lap with sweetmeats and water - nut as an omen of fertility . The maihar or ...
... ceremony is performed by walking round the sacred pole , and the party return to the bride- groom's lodging , where his brother - in - law fills the bride's lap with sweetmeats and water - nut as an omen of fertility . The maihar or ...
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... ceremony consists of shaving the 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 ...
... ceremony consists of shaving the 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 ...
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... ceremony employed in the case of widows , while her parents have to feed the caste . But a girl seduced by an outsider is permanently expelled . The betrothal is marked by a present of various articles to the father of the bride ...
... ceremony employed in the case of widows , while her parents have to feed the caste . But a girl seduced by an outsider is permanently expelled . The betrothal is marked by a present of various articles to the father of the bride ...
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... ceremony . The dead are generally buried from motives of economy , as with most families the fuel required for cremation would be a serious item of expenditure . man is laid on his face in the grave and a woman on her back . Mourning is ...
... ceremony . The dead are generally buried from motives of economy , as with most families the fuel required for cremation would be a serious item of expenditure . man is laid on his face in the grave and a woman on her back . Mourning is ...
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... ceremony with a flower . The Gandh- mālis , as the priests of Mahādeo , are generally Saivas and wear red clothes covered with ochre . They consider that their ultimate ancestor is the Nag or cobra and especially observe the festival of ...
... ceremony with a flower . The Gandh- mālis , as the priests of Mahādeo , are generally Saivas and wear red clothes covered with ochre . They consider that their ultimate ancestor is the Nag or cobra and especially observe the festival of ...
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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