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Title: The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane), 1873-1915
Subjects: Ethnology -- India Madhya Pradesh Caste -- India Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (India) -- Religion
Publisher: London : Macmillan and Co., limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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s, now grow it.Other subcastes have territorial names, as Baone fromBerar, Jaipuria, Kanaujia, and so on. The caste have alsoexogamous septs or bargas, with designations taken fromvillages, titles or nicknames or inanimate objects.6. Mar- Marriage is forbidden between members of the same sept and between first and second cousins. Girls are generallybetrothed in childhood and should be married before maturity.In the Uriya country if no suitable husband can be found fora girl she is sometimes made to go through the marriageceremony with a peg of mahuawood driven into the ground andcovered over with a cloth. She is then tied to a tree in theforest and any member of the caste may go and release her,when she becomes his wife. The Marars of Balaghat andBhandara have the lamjJmna form of marriage, in which theprospective husband serves for his wife ; this is a Dravidiancustom and shows their connection with the forest tribes. Themarriage ceremony follows the standard form prevalent in riage.
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\\ II WIDOW-MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND POLYGAMY 167 the locality. In Betul the couple go seven times round aslab on which a stone roller is placed, with their clothesknotted together and holding in their hands a lighted lamp.The slab and roller may be the implements used in powderingturmeric. Among the Marars of Balaghat ^ the maternaluncle of the bridegroom goes to the village of the bride andbrings back with him the bridal party. The brides party donot at once cross the boundary of the bridegrooms village,but will stay outside it for a few hours. Word is sent andthe bridegrooms party will bring out cooked food, which theyeat with the brides party. This done, they go to the houseof the bridegroom and the bride forthwith walks five timesround a pounding-stone. Next day turmeric is applied to thecouple, and the caste people are given a feast. The essentialportion of the ceremony consists in the rubbing of vermilionon the foreheads of the couple under the cover of a cloth.The caste permit th

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