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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... Widow - marriage and divorce are permitted , the widow being usually expected to marry her late husband's younger brother , whether he already has a wife or not . Sexual offences are not severely reprobated , and may be atoned for by a ...
... Widow - marriage and divorce are permitted , the widow being usually expected to marry her late husband's younger brother , whether he already has a wife or not . Sexual offences are not severely reprobated , and may be atoned for by a ...
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... Widow - marriage is permitted by what is called the tīka form , by which a few grains of rice coloured with turmeric are placed on the foreheads of the pair and they are considered as man and wife . There is no regular divorce , but if ...
... Widow - marriage is permitted by what is called the tīka form , by which a few grains of rice coloured with turmeric are placed on the foreheads of the pair and they are considered as man and wife . There is no regular divorce , but if ...
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... widows , while her parents have to feed the caste . But a girl seduced by an outsider is permanently expelled . The betrothal is marked by a present of various articles to the father of the bride . Marriages must not be celebrated ...
... widows , while her parents have to feed the caste . But a girl seduced by an outsider is permanently expelled . The betrothal is marked by a present of various articles to the father of the bride . Marriages must not be celebrated ...
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... widows is permitted , and the younger brother of the deceased husband takes his widow if he wishes to do so . Otherwise she may marry whom she pleases . A husband may divorce his wife for adultery before the caste committee , and if she ...
... widows is permitted , and the younger brother of the deceased husband takes his widow if he wishes to do so . Otherwise she may marry whom she pleases . A husband may divorce his wife for adultery before the caste committee , and if she ...
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... widow . Divorce and the remarriage of widows are permitted . A bachelor marrying a widow must first go through the ceremony with a flower . The Gandh- mālis , as the priests of Mahādeo , are generally Saivas and wear red clothes covered ...
... widow . Divorce and the remarriage of widows are permitted . A bachelor marrying a widow must first go through the ceremony with a flower . The Gandh- mālis , as the priests of Mahādeo , are generally Saivas and wear red clothes covered ...
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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