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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... round the post called Meghnath 70. Climbing the pole for a bag of sugar 116 118 71. Gonds with their bamboo carts at market 122 72. Gond women , showing tattooing on backs of legs 126 73. Māria Gonds in dancing costume . 136 74 ...
... round the post called Meghnath 70. Climbing the pole for a bag of sugar 116 118 71. Gonds with their bamboo carts at market 122 72. Gond women , showing tattooing on backs of legs 126 73. Māria Gonds in dancing costume . 136 74 ...
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... round the neck . When the wedding pro- cession reaches the bride's village it is met by their party , and one of them takes the sarota or iron nut - cutter , which the bridegroom holds in his hand , and twirls it about in the air ...
... round the neck . When the wedding pro- cession reaches the bride's village it is met by their party , and one of them takes the sarota or iron nut - cutter , which the bridegroom holds in his hand , and twirls it about in the air ...
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... round the necks of goats but not of sheep . Some of them , especially in forest tracts , train ordinary pariah dogs to act as sheep - dogs . As a rule , rams and he - goats are not gelt , but those who have large flocks sometimes resort ...
... round the necks of goats but not of sheep . Some of them , especially in forest tracts , train ordinary pariah dogs to act as sheep - dogs . As a rule , rams and he - goats are not gelt , but those who have large flocks sometimes resort ...
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... round their forehead of the seeds of kusa grass threaded on a string . Both men and women wear enormous earrings , the men having three in each ear . The Gadbas are almost omnivorous , and eat flesh , fish , fowls , pork , buffaloes ...
... round their forehead of the seeds of kusa grass threaded on a string . Both men and women wear enormous earrings , the men having three in each ear . The Gadbas are almost omnivorous , and eat flesh , fish , fowls , pork , buffaloes ...
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... being two young boys dressed as women . They have long hair and put on skirts and half - sleeved jackets , with hollow anklets round their feet filled with stones to II GANDHMĀLI 17 make them tinkle . On their right 16 PART GANDA.
... being two young boys dressed as women . They have long hair and put on skirts and half - sleeved jackets , with hollow anklets round their feet filled with stones to II GANDHMĀLI 17 make them tinkle . On their right 16 PART GANDA.
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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