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Page 180
... groom's neck . As soon as this is done , the girl runs back into the house . This is the groom's first glimpse of his bride . Now arati is performed for the groom , as he stands on a cere- monial board before the door . It is usually ...
... groom's neck . As soon as this is done , the girl runs back into the house . This is the groom's first glimpse of his bride . Now arati is performed for the groom , as he stands on a cere- monial board before the door . It is usually ...
Page 182
... groom's family cannot supply her with these . The amount of dowry varies in different families , but the sum is ... groom , who gives them to her daughters and her husband's sisters . Some sweets are sent along with the bride for ...
... groom's family cannot supply her with these . The amount of dowry varies in different families , but the sum is ... groom , who gives them to her daughters and her husband's sisters . Some sweets are sent along with the bride for ...
Page 187
... groom make a joint tour of the village shrines , as the groom did before setting out on the wedding procession . When they reach the shrine of Ghantal Deo , the groom beats his elder brother's wife with a stick , and she beats him in ...
... groom make a joint tour of the village shrines , as the groom did before setting out on the wedding procession . When they reach the shrine of Ghantal Deo , the groom beats his elder brother's wife with a stick , and she beats him in ...
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Caste and the Jajmani System | 55 |
Land Tenure and Economics | 87 |
A Study of Factions Within Castes | 113 |
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acres agricultural Arya Samaj Baniya bath Bhangis bighas boy's Brahman bride brother Camars cent ceremonial clan clothes cow dung crop cultivate culture Dabas daughter Delhi Dhan Singh dharmatma Dhobi diarrhea disease Divali dung economic endogamy exogamy father four gauna Ghantal Deo girl girl's give given goddess grain groom Guga Harditt Hindu hookah household husband Ibbetson India Indian village Jaimel jajmani system Jat factions Jat families Jats kacca Kharabs Khati khatouni khewat number kinship Kumhars land landholdings leaders lineage Lohar lower castes malaria marriage married Marriott Mata milk mortgaged mother non-Jats Number of Families pana panchayat patient patvari patvari records peasant societies Planalp plots Rampur relations relatives revenue rupees shrine sister smallpox songs sugar Teka tholla Tepoztlan tholla tion Total Number traditional turmeric wedding women worship