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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... corpse , and in the meantime the house of the dead person is cleaned with cowdung by the children left behind . On the first day food is supplied to the mourners by their relatives , and in the evening some cooked rice and vegetables ...
... corpse , and in the meantime the house of the dead person is cleaned with cowdung by the children left behind . On the first day food is supplied to the mourners by their relatives , and in the evening some cooked rice and vegetables ...
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... corpse . The animal is cooked and eaten by the grave , and they then return to the cooking shed and place its jawbone under a stick supported on two others , blood and cooked rice being again offered . The old men and women bathe in ...
... corpse . The animal is cooked and eaten by the grave , and they then return to the cooking shed and place its jawbone under a stick supported on two others , blood and cooked rice being again offered . The old men and women bathe in ...
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... corpse is carried to the grave in a cloth coloured with red ochre . A gourd containing pulse and rice , a pice coin , and a small quantity of any drug to which the deceased may have been addicted in life are placed in the hands , and ...
... corpse is carried to the grave in a cloth coloured with red ochre . A gourd containing pulse and rice , a pice coin , and a small quantity of any drug to which the deceased may have been addicted in life are placed in the hands , and ...
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... corpse must not be taken to the pyre at night , as it is thought that in that case it would be born blind in the next birth . The caste have bards and genealogists of their own who are known as Patia . In Damoh the Ghosis are mainly ...
... corpse must not be taken to the pyre at night , as it is thought that in that case it would be born blind in the next birth . The caste have bards and genealogists of their own who are known as Patia . In Damoh the Ghosis are mainly ...
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... corpse being laid with the head to the south , though in some localities the Hindu custom of placing the head to the north has been adopted . They employ Brahmans for religious and ceremonial purposes . The occupation of the caste is to ...
... corpse being laid with the head to the south , though in some localities the Hindu custom of placing the head to the north has been adopted . They employ Brahmans for religious and ceremonial purposes . The occupation of the caste is to ...
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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