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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... 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 Hiranwar , from hiran , a deer ; Sapha from the cobra , Moria from the peacock , Nāhar ...
... 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 Hiranwar , from hiran , a deer ; Sapha from the cobra , Moria from the peacock , Nāhar ...
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... father gives the girl's father five areca - nuts , and the latter returns them and they clasp each other round the neck . When the wedding pro- cession reaches the bride's village it is met by their party , and one of them takes the ...
... father gives the girl's father five areca - nuts , and the latter returns them and they clasp each other round the neck . When the wedding pro- cession reaches the bride's village it is met by their party , and one of them takes the ...
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... father of the bride . Marriages must not be celebrated during the three rainy months of Shrawan , Bhādon or Kunwār , nor during the dark fortnight of the month , nor on a Saturday or Tuesday . The marriage- post is of the wood of the ...
... father of the bride . Marriages must not be celebrated during the three rainy months of Shrawan , Bhādon or Kunwār , nor during the dark fortnight of the month , nor on a Saturday or Tuesday . The marriage- post is of the wood of the ...
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... father telling him of the murder . " And this sentence seems sufficient to establish the fact that the Central Provinces story has merely been imported from Orissa and slightly altered to give it local colour . The real reason for the ...
... father telling him of the murder . " And this sentence seems sufficient to establish the fact that the Central Provinces story has merely been imported from Orissa and slightly altered to give it local colour . The real reason for the ...
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... father : When will you give us in marriage ? Thus said the seven sisters , the daughters of the old man . I will marry you as I think best for you ; Remain as you are . So said the old man , the Rikad Gawādi . Lingo said , Hear , O ...
... father : When will you give us in marriage ? Thus said the seven sisters , the daughters of the old man . I will marry you as I think best for you ; Remain as you are . So said the old man , the Rikad Gawādi . Lingo said , Hear , O ...
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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