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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... making baskets 87. Kanjars making ropes 88. A group of Kasārs or brass - workers 89. Dancing girls and musicians 90. Girl in full dress and ornaments 202 244 250 298 332 • 370 374 378 PAGE 91. Old type of sugarcane mill 92. Group of ix.
... making baskets 87. Kanjars making ropes 88. A group of Kasārs or brass - workers 89. Dancing girls and musicians 90. Girl in full dress and ornaments 202 244 250 298 332 • 370 374 378 PAGE 91. Old type of sugarcane mill 92. Group of ix.
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... girl's father , being forewarned , sends others to meet them . One of the ambassadors opens the conversation by saying , ' We have the milk and you have the milk - pail ; let them be joined . ' To which the girl's party , if the match ...
... girl's father , being forewarned , sends others to meet them . One of the ambassadors opens the conversation by saying , ' We have the milk and you have the milk - pail ; let them be joined . ' To which the girl's party , if the match ...
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... girl is not permitted to marry until she can weave her own cloth does not obtain in the Central Provinces.2 As a rule ... girl's house , leaving the parents behind , and before they reach it are met and stopped by a bevy of young girls ...
... girl is not permitted to marry until she can weave her own cloth does not obtain in the Central Provinces.2 As a rule ... girl's house , leaving the parents behind , and before they reach it are met and stopped by a bevy of young girls ...
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... girl . The bride and bridegroom are shut up in this , and two pots of water are poured over them from the roof , the ... girl's feelings towards the young man . beliefs and The Gadbas worship Burhi Māta or Thākurāni Māta , 3. Reli- who ...
... girl . The bride and bridegroom are shut up in this , and two pots of water are poured over them from the roof , the ... girl's feelings towards the young man . beliefs and The Gadbas worship Burhi Māta or Thākurāni Māta , 3. Reli- who ...
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... girl going wrong with a man of the caste is married to him by the 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 ...
... girl going wrong with a man of the caste is married to him by the 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 ...
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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