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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 71
Page 10
... parents of the couple arrange the match , but the wishes of the girl are sometimes consulted and various irregular methods of union are recognised . Thus a man is permitted with the help of his friends to go and carry off a girl and ...
... parents of the couple arrange the match , but the wishes of the girl are sometimes consulted and various irregular methods of union are recognised . Thus a man is permitted with the help of his friends to go and carry off a girl and ...
Page 15
... parents have to feed the caste . But a girl seduced by an outsider is permanently expelled . The betrothal is marked by a present of various articles to the father of the bride . Marriages must not be celebrated during the three rainy ...
... parents have to feed the caste . But a girl seduced by an outsider is permanently expelled . The betrothal is marked by a present of various articles to the father of the bride . Marriages must not be celebrated during the three rainy ...
Page 24
... parents , when they are treated as outsiders and not allowed to touch the food cooked for the family , while they reciprocally insist on preparing their own . Male Gaurias will take food from any of the higher castes , but the women ...
... parents , when they are treated as outsiders and not allowed to touch the food cooked for the family , while they reciprocally insist on preparing their own . Male Gaurias will take food from any of the higher castes , but the women ...
Page 25
... parents if she has returned to them . If she takes with her a child born of her first husband with permission to keep it , the second husband must pay eight rupees to the first husband's family as the price of the child . But if the ...
... parents if she has returned to them . If she takes with her a child born of her first husband with permission to keep it , the second husband must pay eight rupees to the first husband's family as the price of the child . But if the ...
Page 29
... parents . The boy and his relatives go to the girl's house for the betrothal , and a present of various articles of food and dress is made to her family , apparently as a sort of repayment for their expenditure in feeding and clothing ...
... parents . The boy and his relatives go to the girl's house for the betrothal , and a present of various articles of food and dress is made to her family , apparently as a sort of repayment for their expenditure in feeding and clothing ...
Contents
149 | |
160 | |
166 | |
175 | |
201 | |
206 | |
212 | |
217 | |
225 | |
238 | |
255 | |
279 | |
285 | |
291 | |
422 | |
436 | |
445 | |
453 | |
461 | |
481 | |
493 | |
500 | |
527 | |
537 | |
545 | |
571 | |
581 | |
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