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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... Korwas and other tribes the Baiga or priest protects the village from ghosts by sprinkling a line of liquor all round the boundary , over which the ghosts cannot pass . Similarly during epidemics of cholera liquor is largely used in the ...
... Korwas and other tribes the Baiga or priest protects the village from ghosts by sprinkling a line of liquor all round the boundary , over which the ghosts cannot pass . Similarly during epidemics of cholera liquor is largely used in the ...
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... Korwas , Parheyas and Kisāns . Of these the Kharwars were the people of most consideration . The Cheros conciliated them and allowed them to remain in peaceful possession of the hill tracts bordering on Sargūja ; all the Cheros of note ...
... Korwas , Parheyas and Kisāns . Of these the Kharwars were the people of most consideration . The Cheros conciliated them and allowed them to remain in peaceful possession of the hill tracts bordering on Sargūja ; all the Cheros of note ...
Page 501
... Korwas and Korkus , whose tribal languages closely approximate to Mundāri , were originally one with the Mundas , but have been separated for so long a period that their direct connection can no longer be proved . The disintegrating ...
... Korwas and Korkus , whose tribal languages closely approximate to Mundāri , were originally one with the Mundas , but have been separated for so long a period that their direct connection can no longer be proved . The disintegrating ...
Page 549
... Korwas , with whom they have been identified in the India Census of 1901. They number about 150,000 persons in the Central Provinces and Berar , and belong to the west of the Satpūra plateau , residing only in the Hoshangābād , Nimar ...
... Korwas , with whom they have been identified in the India Census of 1901. They number about 150,000 persons in the Central Provinces and Berar , and belong to the west of the Satpūra plateau , residing only in the Hoshangābād , Nimar ...
Page 551
... Korwas . There is little reason to doubt then that the Korkus are the same tribe as the Korwas , and both of these may be taken to be offshoots of the great Kol or Munda tribe . The Korkus have come much further west than their kinsmen ...
... Korwas . There is little reason to doubt then that the Korkus are the same tribe as the Korwas , and both of these may be taken to be offshoots of the great Kol or Munda tribe . The Korkus have come much further west than their kinsmen ...
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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