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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... man is permitted with the help of his friends to go and carry off a girl and keep her as his wife , more especially if she is a relation on the maternal side more distant than a first cousin . Another form is the Paisa Mundi , by which ...
... man is permitted with the help of his friends to go and carry off a girl and keep her as his wife , more especially if she is a relation on the maternal side more distant than a first cousin . Another form is the Paisa Mundi , by which ...
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... man and a maid retire to the jungle and light a fire . Then the maid , taking a burning stick , places it on the man's skin . If he cries out If he does The application according to the he is unworthy of her , and she remains a maid ...
... man and a maid retire to the jungle and light a fire . Then the maid , taking a burning stick , places it on the man's skin . If he cries out If he does The application according to the he is unworthy of her , and she remains a maid ...
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... man and woman will then step out of the crowd and sing at each other , the woman reflecting on the man's ungainly appearance and want of skill as a cultivator or huntsman , while the man retorts by reproaching her with her ugliness and ...
... man and woman will then step out of the crowd and sing at each other , the woman reflecting on the man's ungainly appearance and want of skill as a cultivator or huntsman , while the man retorts by reproaching her with her ugliness and ...
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... man breathed his last . Here they drink and have another meal of rice and beef , which is repeated on the following day ... man's arm made from fine strips of bark is still worn and is a dis- tinguishing feature of the Gadba women . They ...
... man breathed his last . Here they drink and have another meal of rice and beef , which is repeated on the following day ... man's arm made from fine strips of bark is still worn and is a dis- tinguishing feature of the Gadba women . They ...
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... man is at the point of death he is placed in the sitting posture in which he is to be buried , for fear that after ... man's spirit . The occupation of the Garpagāri is to avert hailstorms , 4. Occupa and he was formerly remunerated by ...
... man is at the point of death he is placed in the sitting posture in which he is to be buried , for fear that after ... man's spirit . The occupation of the Garpagāri is to avert hailstorms , 4. Occupa and he was formerly remunerated by ...
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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