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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... has a wife or not . Sexual offences are not severely reprobated , and may be atoned for by a feast to the caste- fellows . The Gadarias worship the ordinary Hindu deities and 4. Reli- gion and funeral rites . 5. Social customs.
... has a wife or not . Sexual offences are not severely reprobated , and may be atoned for by a feast to the caste- fellows . The Gadarias worship the ordinary Hindu deities and 4. Reli- gion and funeral rites . 5. Social customs.
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... feast for the worshippers , his head being the perquisite of the officiating priest . Muhammadans and most castes of Hindus will eat goat's meat when they can afford it . The milk is not popular and there is very little demand for it ...
... feast for the worshippers , his head being the perquisite of the officiating priest . Muhammadans and most castes of Hindus will eat goat's meat when they can afford it . The milk is not popular and there is very little demand for it ...
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... feast to the tribe in which a pig must be killed . The Gadbas have totemistic exogamous septs , usually named after animals , as gutāl dog , angwăn bear , dungra tortoise , surangai tiger , gumal snake , and so on . Members of each sept ...
... feast to the tribe in which a pig must be killed . The Gadbas have totemistic exogamous septs , usually named after animals , as gutāl dog , angwăn bear , dungra tortoise , surangai tiger , gumal snake , and so on . Members of each sept ...
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... feast days . mode of The caste are cultivators and labourers , while some are 5. Occupa- employed as village watchmen , and others are hereditary tion and palki - bearers to the Raja of Bastar , enjoying a free grant of living . land ...
... feast days . mode of The caste are cultivators and labourers , while some are 5. Occupa- employed as village watchmen , and others are hereditary tion and palki - bearers to the Raja of Bastar , enjoying a free grant of living . land ...
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... feasts and marriages ; the Mãng or Mangia make screens and mats , while their women serve as mid- wives ; the Dholias make baskets ; the Doms skin cattle and the Nagarchis play on nakkaras or drums . Panka is also re- turned as a ...
... feasts and marriages ; the Mãng or Mangia make screens and mats , while their women serve as mid- wives ; the Dholias make baskets ; the Doms skin cattle and the Nagarchis play on nakkaras or drums . Panka is also re- turned as a ...
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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