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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... 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 from the tiger , Phulsungha , a flower , and so on ...
... 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 from the tiger , Phulsungha , a flower , and so on ...
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... husbands much younger than themselves . Four castemen of standing carry the proposal of marriage from the boy's ... husband's younger brother , whether he already has a wife or not . Sexual offences are not severely reprobated , and ...
... husbands much younger than themselves . Four castemen of standing carry the proposal of marriage from the boy's ... husband's younger brother , whether he already has a wife or not . Sexual offences are not severely reprobated , and ...
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... husband and become his wife ; and the Upaliya , when a married woman elopes with a lover . The marriage ceremony is simple . The bride- groom's party go to the girl's house , leaving the parents behind , and before they reach it are met ...
... husband and become his wife ; and the Upaliya , when a married woman elopes with a lover . The marriage ceremony is simple . The bride- groom's party go to the girl's house , leaving the parents behind , and before they reach it are met ...
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... husband goes to him with a few friends and asks whether the story is true , and if the accusation is ad- mitted ... husbands , Mr. Thurston 1 notes that among the Bonda Gadabas a young man and a maid retire to the jungle and light a fire ...
... husband goes to him with a few friends and asks whether the story is true , and if the accusation is ad- mitted ... husbands , Mr. Thurston 1 notes that among the Bonda Gadabas a young man and a maid retire to the jungle and light a fire ...
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... husband having been found for her , she is wedded to a spear stuck up in the courtyard of the house , and then given away to anybody who wishes to take her . A girl going wrong with a man of the caste is married to him by the ceremony ...
... husband having been found for her , she is wedded to a spear stuck up in the courtyard of the house , and then given away to anybody who wishes to take her . A girl going wrong with a man of the caste is married to him by the ceremony ...
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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