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Title: The Kacháris
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Endle, Sidney, 1840?-1907 Gurdon, Philip Richard Thornhagh, 1863-
Subjects: Kacháris
Publisher: London, Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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of widows is permitted with few, ifany, restrictions ; but as a rule the full marriage ceremonial,whether horn or chaklang, is not observed, in such widowremarriages. The bodies of the dead are usually disposed of by burning,of the except in cases of epidemics, when, through panic or like cause,they are thrown into the jungle, or left to perish where theyfall. The cremation is generally followed by a funeral feast,lasting for a period of from five to nine days, either at thedeceaseds house or at the river-side where the body was burnt.A shradh with feasting of the dead mans relatives takes placeusually at the end of a month after the cremation. Thisshradh marks the closing of the period of mourning, which in thecase of an adult extends over about thirty days, during whichperiod no flesh or fish may be eaten, though rice, ghi andpotatoes are allowed. In the case of those who die in child-hood no shradh is observed, though the bereaved family usuallygo into mourning for some three days.
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a O f APPENDIX II1 To the stories taken by Mr. Endle from my little collection ofKachari folk-tales, I have ventured to add the following threetales, with an interlinear literal translation and some brieflinguistic notes. This I have done in order to follow theexample set in Sir C. J. Lyalls edition of Mr. Edward Stackswork on the Mikirs. A transcription followed by a loosetranslation is not of much use to linguistic students unless theyhave already some knowledge of the language. I ought toexplain that I have not followed Mr. Endles system of trans-literation. In a language which has no written character,it is best to trust to ones own ear. In such languages dialectsprings up quickly and local differences of pronunciation abound.I have merely tried, therefore, to record what I have myselfheard. With the aid of the literal versions I now give, and bycarefully reading Mr. Endles Grammar, anyone who wishes tocompare Kachari with other Bodo languages, such as Garo andTippera, ought to be

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