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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... daughters to each other . A girl thus married is no longer permitted to take food at her father's house , but she may eat with the women of her husband's subcaste . Many of their exogamous groups are named after animals or plants , as ...
... daughters to each other . A girl thus married is no longer permitted to take food at her father's house , but she may eat with the women of her husband's subcaste . Many of their exogamous groups are named after animals or plants , as ...
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... daughter has been married her own family even will not take food from her hand because they are doubtful of her husband's status . It is said that the Gaurias were accustomed formerly to beg only from the Kewat caste , though this ...
... daughter has been married her own family even will not take food from her hand because they are doubtful of her husband's status . It is said that the Gaurias were accustomed formerly to beg only from the Kewat caste , though this ...
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... daughter is held , as among the Gonds , to be a most suitable union . The adult marriage of girls involves no stigma , and the practice of serving for a wife is sometimes followed . Weddings may not be held during the months of Shrawan ...
... daughter is held , as among the Gonds , to be a most suitable union . The adult marriage of girls involves no stigma , and the practice of serving for a wife is sometimes followed . Weddings may not be held during the months of Shrawan ...
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... daughters . The arrow was near the door . As soon as they saw it , the daughters came and took it up , And kept it . They asked their father : When will you give us in marriage ? Thus said the seven sisters , the daughters of the old ...
... daughters . The arrow was near the door . As soon as they saw it , the daughters came and took it up , And kept it . They asked their father : When will you give us in marriage ? Thus said the seven sisters , the daughters of the old ...
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... daughters and offered them all to Lingo in marriage . The daughters produced the arrow which they had treasured up as portending a husband . Lingo said he was not marrying himself , but he would take them home as wives for his brothers ...
... daughters and offered them all to Lingo in marriage . The daughters produced the arrow which they had treasured up as portending a husband . Lingo said he was not marrying himself , but he would take them home as wives for his brothers ...
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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