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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... wife or not . Sexual offences are not severely reprobated , and may be atoned for by a feast to the caste- fellows . The Gadarias worship the ordinary Hindu deities and 4. Reli- gion and funeral rites . 5. Social customs.
... wife or not . Sexual offences are not severely reprobated , and may be atoned for by a feast to the caste- fellows . The Gadarias worship the ordinary Hindu deities and 4. Reli- gion and funeral rites . 5. Social customs.
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Robert Vane Russell. 4. Reli- gion and funeral rites . 5. Social customs . 6. Goats No Gadaria also Dishai Devi , the goddess of the sheep - pen . may go into the sheep - pen with his shoes on . On entering it in the morning they make ...
Robert Vane Russell. 4. Reli- gion and funeral rites . 5. Social customs . 6. Goats No Gadaria also Dishai Devi , the goddess of the sheep - pen . may go into the sheep - pen with his shoes on . On entering it in the morning they make ...
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Robert Vane Russell. 5. Social status . only a sheaf of corn at harvest . Some members of the caste have taken to weaving newar or broad tape for beds , and others have become cultivators . The Garpagāris eat flesh and drink liquor ...
Robert Vane Russell. 5. Social status . only a sheaf of corn at harvest . Some members of the caste have taken to weaving newar or broad tape for beds , and others have become cultivators . The Garpagāris eat flesh and drink liquor ...
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Robert Vane Russell. Their social status is so low that practically no caste will take food or water from them , but they are not considered as impure . They are great drunkards , and are easily known by their damrus or rattles and the ...
Robert Vane Russell. Their social status is so low that practically no caste will take food or water from them , but they are not considered as impure . They are great drunkards , and are easily known by their damrus or rattles and the ...
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... Social customs . 8. Ghasias and Kayasths . tion of Ghasia , Sais.1 - A low Dravidian caste of Orissa and 1. Descrip- Central India who cut grass , tend horses and act as village the caste . musicians at festivals . In the Central ...
... Social customs . 8. Ghasias and Kayasths . tion of Ghasia , Sais.1 - A low Dravidian caste of Orissa and 1. Descrip- Central India who cut grass , tend horses and act as village the caste . musicians at festivals . In the Central ...
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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