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 is cut . To touch a dead cow is one of the offences entailing temporary excommunication . They employ a Brahman only to fix the dates of their marriages . The position of the caste is very low and in some places they are considered ...
... hair is cut . To touch a dead cow is one of the offences entailing temporary excommunication . They employ a Brahman only to fix the dates of their marriages . The position of the caste is very low and in some places they are considered ...
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... Hair . 64. Bathing and washing clothes . 65. Tattooing . 66. Special system of tattooing . 67. Branding . 68. Food . 69. Liquor . 70. Admission of outsiders and sexual morality . 71. Common sleeping - houses . 72. Methods of greeting ...
... Hair . 64. Bathing and washing clothes . 65. Tattooing . 66. Special system of tattooing . 67. Branding . 68. Food . 69. Liquor . 70. Admission of outsiders and sexual morality . 71. Common sleeping - houses . 72. Methods of greeting ...
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... hair flew in the wind . The squirrel dodged about and ran away , and finally , directed by Mahadeo , ran into a large cave with all the Gonds after it . Mahadeo then rolled a large stone to the mouth of the cave and shut up all the ...
... hair flew in the wind . The squirrel dodged about and ran away , and finally , directed by Mahadeo , ran into a large cave with all the Gonds after it . Mahadeo then rolled a large stone to the mouth of the cave and shut up all the ...
Page 54
... hairs from his head and strung it . He held a bow and fixed eleven keys to that one stick , and played on it . Lingo was much pleased in his mind . Holding it in his hand , he walked in the direction of the old man's field . He ...
... hairs from his head and strung it . He held a bow and fixed eleven keys to that one stick , and played on it . Lingo was much pleased in his mind . Holding it in his hand , he walked in the direction of the old man's field . He ...
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... some day from the fifth to the twelfth after the birth the mother is purified and the child is named . On this day its hair is shaved by the son - in - law or husband's or wife's brother - in- 30. Names . law . The mother and child are.
... some day from the fifth to the twelfth after the birth the mother is purified and the child is named . On this day its hair is shaved by the son - in - law or husband's or wife's brother - in- 30. Names . law . The mother and child are.
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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