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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... rice with it and sprinkle it over the wool . This rite is called Jimai , and they say that it is feeding the wool , but it appears to be really a sacrificial offering to the material . The caste burn the dead when they can afford to do ...
... rice with it and sprinkle it over the wool . This rite is called Jimai , and they say that it is feeding the wool , but it appears to be really a sacrificial offering to the material . The caste burn the dead when they can afford to do ...
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... rice cooked in the water of the Ganges . This is followed by a feast to the tribe in which a pig must be killed . The Gadbas have totemistic exogamous septs , usually named after animals , as gutāl dog , angwăn bear , dungra tortoise ...
... rice cooked in the water of the Ganges . This is followed by a feast to the tribe in which a pig must be killed . The Gadbas have totemistic exogamous septs , usually named after animals , as gutāl dog , angwăn bear , dungra tortoise ...
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... rice is applied to their foreheads , and on the second day a new grass shed is erected , in which some rice is cooked by an unmarried girl . The bride and bridegroom are shut up in this , and two pots of water are poured over them from ...
... rice is applied to their foreheads , and on the second day a new grass shed is erected , in which some rice is cooked by an unmarried girl . The bride and bridegroom are shut up in this , and two pots of water are poured over them from ...
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... rice crop is ripe , the first - fruits are cooked and served to the cattle in new bamboo baskets , and are then partaken of by men . The ripening of the mango crop is also an im- portant festival . In the bright fortnight of Chait ...
... rice crop is ripe , the first - fruits are cooked and served to the cattle in new bamboo baskets , and are then partaken of by men . The ripening of the mango crop is also an im- portant festival . In the bright fortnight of Chait ...
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... rice being again offered . The old men and women bathe in warm water , and all return to the place where the dead man breathed his last . Here they drink and have another meal of rice and beef , which is repeated on the following day ...
... rice being again offered . The old men and women bathe in warm water , and all return to the place where the dead man breathed his last . Here they drink and have another meal of rice and beef , which is repeated on the following day ...
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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