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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... turmeric are placed on the foreheads of the pair and they are considered as man and wife . There is no regular divorce , but if a married woman misbehaves with a man of the caste , the husband goes to him with a few friends and asks ...
... turmeric are placed on the foreheads of the pair and they are considered as man and wife . There is no regular divorce , but if a married woman misbehaves with a man of the caste , the husband goes to him with a few friends and asks ...
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... turmeric . elderly male member of the caste known as the Sethia con- ducts the ceremony , and the couple go five times round the sacred pole in the morning and thrice in the evening . When the bride and bridegroom return home after the ...
... turmeric . elderly male member of the caste known as the Sethia con- ducts the ceremony , and the couple go five times round the sacred pole in the morning and thrice in the evening . When the bride and bridegroom return home after the ...
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... turmeric over them . If a girl goes wrong with an outsider she is permanently expelled and a feast is exacted from her parents . The boy and his relatives go to the girl's house for the betrothal , and a present of various articles of ...
... turmeric over them . If a girl goes wrong with an outsider she is permanently expelled and a feast is exacted from her parents . The boy and his relatives go to the girl's house for the betrothal , and a present of various articles of ...
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... turmeric . He played in the turmeric and slept in a swing . He became nine years old . He said there was no one there like him , and he would go where he could find his fellows . He climbed a needle - like hill , 1 and from afar off he ...
... turmeric . He played in the turmeric and slept in a swing . He became nine years old . He said there was no one there like him , and he would go where he could find his fellows . He climbed a needle - like hill , 1 and from afar off he ...
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... turmeric , put marriage crowns of palm - leaves on their heads , pour water on them from the top of a post , and make them go seven times round a mahua branch , so that they may be considered to be married . When a couple are very poor ...
... turmeric , put marriage crowns of palm - leaves on their heads , pour water on them from the top of a post , and make them go seven times round a mahua branch , so that they may be considered to be married . When a couple are very poor ...
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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