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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... hair . 154 78. Famous Gosain Mahant . Photograph taken after death 156 79. Gūjar village proprietress and her land agent 168 80. Guraos with figures made at the Holi festival called Gangour 176 81. Group of Gurao musicians with their ...
... hair . 154 78. Famous Gosain Mahant . Photograph taken after death 156 79. Gūjar village proprietress and her land agent 168 80. Guraos with figures made at the Holi festival called Gangour 176 81. Group of Gurao musicians with their ...
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... hair like a religious mendicant , and is known as Bāba or holy father . In this state she romps with her companions in turn , while the others laugh and applaud . Occasionally some man hides himself in a place where he can be a witness ...
... hair like a religious mendicant , and is known as Bāba or holy father . In this state she romps with her companions in turn , while the others laugh and applaud . Occasionally some man hides himself in a place where he can be a witness ...
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... hair , after which he or she is given to eat rice cooked in the water of the Ganges . This is followed by a feast to the tribe in which a pig must be killed . The Gadbas have totemistic exogamous septs , usually named after animals , as ...
... hair , after which he or she is given to eat rice cooked in the water of the Ganges . This is followed by a feast to the tribe in which a pig must be killed . The Gadbas have totemistic exogamous septs , usually named after animals , as ...
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... 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.
... 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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... hair combs from the kathai , a grass which grows densely on the borders of streams and springs . The frame of the comb is of bamboo and the teeth are fixed in either by thread or wire , the price being one pice ( farthing ) in the ...
... hair combs from the kathai , a grass which grows densely on the borders of streams and springs . The frame of the comb is of bamboo and the teeth are fixed in either by thread or wire , the price being one pice ( farthing ) in the ...
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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