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... Women's costume : The costume of the women is like that of the men , plain but neat . They wear their hair drawn up from the back and sides in one massive roll , which rises four or five inches , so much in front as to form a ...
... Women's costume : The costume of the women is like that of the men , plain but neat . They wear their hair drawn up from the back and sides in one massive roll , which rises four or five inches , so much in front as to form a ...
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... women , excepting his mother . As amongst the Hos of Singbhum , a woman is valued more on account of her family than her good looks , but the chief's daughters are generally the belles of the clan , and there is great competition for a ...
... women , excepting his mother . As amongst the Hos of Singbhum , a woman is valued more on account of her family than her good looks , but the chief's daughters are generally the belles of the clan , and there is great competition for a ...
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... women and girls with a sprinkling of men on both sides . The Kei women must have exercised considerable influence over their priestly husbands to have reconciled them to such frankish indiscretion : though the game appears innocent ...
... women and girls with a sprinkling of men on both sides . The Kei women must have exercised considerable influence over their priestly husbands to have reconciled them to such frankish indiscretion : though the game appears innocent ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Garos | 75 |
The Kachari or Bodo Mech and Dhimal Tribes | 88 |
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aborigines Abors amongst ancestors animal appear Aryan Asamese Asiatic Society bamboo Bengal Bhuiyas Bhumij Bihar Brahmans Brahmaputra bride bridegroom Buchanan Butias called caste ceremony Cheros chief Chutia Nagpur clans cloth Colonel cultivation customs dance dead deity described district Dravidian dress feast feet female festival fowls Garos girls gods Gonds Government hair head Hill Miris hills Hindu India inhabitants Jashpur Juangs jungle Kacharis Kandhs Kasias Keonjhur Khamtis Kharrias Kharwars Kirantis Kocch Kolarian Kols Korwas Kukis Kurmis language Larkas Lepchas live males marriage Meriah Miris Mishmis Muhammadans Mundaris Mundas Nagas Nagbangsis occupied offered officers Oraons origin Palamau priest probably Provinces race Raja Rajmahal Rajputs regard religion rice river round sacrifice Santals says settlements Sing Bonga Singbhum Singh Singphos Sirguja spirit Sudras tradition tree tribes Tributary Mahals Upper Asam valley village wear whilst wife wild women worship young