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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... performed by walking round the sacred pole , and the party return to the bride- groom's lodging , where his brother - in - law fills the bride's lap with sweetmeats and water - nut as an omen of fertility . The maihar or small wedding ...
... performed by walking round the sacred pole , and the party return to the bride- groom's lodging , where his brother - in - law fills the bride's lap with sweetmeats and water - nut as an omen of fertility . The maihar or small wedding ...
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... performing sacred functions . In many castes the bridegroom at a wedding has a string of wool with a charm tied round his waist . Religious mendicants wear jatas or wigs of sheep's wool , and often carry woollen charms . The beads used ...
... performing sacred functions . In many castes the bridegroom at a wedding has a string of wool with a charm tied round his waist . Religious mendicants wear jatas or wigs of sheep's wool , and often carry woollen charms . The beads used ...
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... performed at marriages , especially among the Telugu castes . Girls should be married before adoles- cence and , as ... perform the shradhh ceremony or the offering of sacrificial cakes . They eat flesh but do not drink liquor . Their ...
... performed at marriages , especially among the Telugu castes . Girls should be married before adoles- cence and , as ... perform the shradhh ceremony or the offering of sacrificial cakes . They eat flesh but do not drink liquor . Their ...
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... perform this function , which is especially important to them because their vines are so liable to be injured by hailstorms . In ancient Greece there existed a village functionary , the Chalazo phulax , who kept off hailstorms in ...
... perform this function , which is especially important to them because their vines are so liable to be injured by hailstorms . In ancient Greece there existed a village functionary , the Chalazo phulax , who kept off hailstorms in ...
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... perform menial offices of all kinds.2 In Bastar they are described as an inferior caste who serve as horse - keepers and also make and mend brass vessels . They dress like the Maria Gonds and subsist partly by cultivation and partly by ...
... perform menial offices of all kinds.2 In Bastar they are described as an inferior caste who serve as horse - keepers and also make and mend brass vessels . They dress like the Maria Gonds and subsist partly by cultivation and partly 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