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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... marriage cannot be otherwise arranged these subcastes will sometimes give daughters to each other . A girl thus married is no longer permitted to take food at her father's house , but she may eat with the women of her husband's subcaste ...
... marriage cannot be otherwise arranged these subcastes will sometimes give daughters to each other . A girl thus married is no longer permitted to take food at her father's house , but she may eat with the women of her husband's subcaste ...
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... married at any age , and are customs . sometimes united to husbands much younger than themselves . Four castemen of standing carry the proposal of marriage from the boy's father , and the girl's father , being forewarned , sends others ...
... married at any age , and are customs . sometimes united to husbands much younger than themselves . Four castemen of standing carry the proposal of marriage from the boy's father , and the girl's father , being forewarned , sends others ...
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... married or unmarried woman may enter the house of a man of her caste other than her 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 ...
... married or unmarried woman may enter the house of a man of her caste other than her 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 ...
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... marriage being then consummated . If the girl is not adult this cere- mony is omitted . Widow - marriage is permitted by what is called the tīka form , by which a few grains of rice coloured with turmeric are placed on the foreheads of ...
... marriage being then consummated . If the girl is not adult this cere- mony is omitted . Widow - marriage is permitted by what is called the tīka form , by which a few grains of rice coloured with turmeric are placed on the foreheads of ...
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... Marriage is prohibited within the sept , and between the children of two sisters , though the children of brothers and sisters may marry . If a girl arrives at maturity without a husband having been found for her , she is wedded to a ...
... Marriage is prohibited within the sept , and between the children of two sisters , though the children of brothers and sisters may marry . If a girl arrives at maturity without a husband having been found for her , she is wedded to a ...
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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