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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... forest , and roughly ploughing the ground for a single broad - cast crop of rice ; in the following year the clearing is usually abandoned . Their dress is simple , though they now wear ordinary cloth . Forty years ago it is said that ...
... forest , and roughly ploughing the ground for a single broad - cast crop of rice ; in the following year the clearing is usually abandoned . Their dress is simple , though they now wear ordinary cloth . Forty years ago it is said that ...
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... forests . The remarriage of 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 ...
... forests . The remarriage of 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 ...
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... forest . They tamed rats on the green tree . The snakes are flying , causing the parrots to fly . They want to play , but who can make them play ? After finishing their play they stood up ; arise thou also , thou sword . I am waking you ...
... forest . They tamed rats on the green tree . The snakes are flying , causing the parrots to fly . They want to play , but who can make them play ? After finishing their play they stood up ; arise thou also , thou sword . I am waking you ...
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... forest and worship it with betel , areca- nut and other offerings . All through the day and night the men and women drink and dance together . They both burn and bury the dead , throwing the ashes into water . For the first three days ...
... forest and worship it with betel , areca- nut and other offerings . All through the day and night the men and women drink and dance together . They both burn and bury the dead , throwing the ashes into water . For the first three days ...
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... forest ; and in accordance with a practice commonly found among village communities the fiction of relationship has grown up . The children of brothers and sisters are allowed to marry , but not those of two sisters , the reason stated ...
... forest ; and in accordance with a practice commonly found among village communities the fiction of relationship has grown up . The children of brothers and sisters are allowed to marry , but not those of two sisters , the reason stated ...
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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