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Page 62
... fellow - tānda - people 1 are invited , vermilion is applied as in a regular marriage , and the usual marriage - feast is provided . This is known as the Namnäpām bāplā . ? Tāņdā is the Birhoş term for a settlement or encampment .
... fellow - tānda - people 1 are invited , vermilion is applied as in a regular marriage , and the usual marriage - feast is provided . This is known as the Namnäpām bāplā . ? Tāņdā is the Birhoş term for a settlement or encampment .
Page 63
The bride's people are also invited to a feast at the bridegroom's house where vermilion is applied to the bride's forehead . The Sipündür bäpli is the converse of the Bölőbāplā . In this form of marriage , a young man who wishes to ...
The bride's people are also invited to a feast at the bridegroom's house where vermilion is applied to the bride's forehead . The Sipündür bäpli is the converse of the Bölőbāplā . In this form of marriage , a young man who wishes to ...
Page 64
The bridegroom places on the ground an earthenware pot of oil and a little vermilion in a sāl - leaf . The bride puts on the new sūrį and a female relative of hers takes up a little vermilion from the leaf , mixes it in oil , and with a ...
The bridegroom places on the ground an earthenware pot of oil and a little vermilion in a sāl - leaf . The bride puts on the new sūrį and a female relative of hers takes up a little vermilion from the leaf , mixes it in oil , and with a ...
Page 78
The women carry a lo ! ū or water - jug , two leaf - plates , besides a few leaf - cups containing respectively molasses , rice flour , vermilion , and some unbleached thread . Arrived at the foot of the tree , the bridegroom with the ...
The women carry a lo ! ū or water - jug , two leaf - plates , besides a few leaf - cups containing respectively molasses , rice flour , vermilion , and some unbleached thread . Arrived at the foot of the tree , the bridegroom with the ...
Page 80
Arrived at the stream , tank , or spring , one of the married women puts three marks of vermilion on the bank , and gives three strokes with the axe or sword on the water . The pitchers are then filled with water and brought home by the ...
Arrived at the stream , tank , or spring , one of the married women puts three marks of vermilion on the bank , and gives three strokes with the axe or sword on the water . The pitchers are then filled with water and brought home by the ...
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