Gujarat, Part 1 |
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a very detail account of communities living in Gujarat. Still true to traditions in my community. Amazing.
Contents
The Communities | 31 |
Agri | 39 |
AhirMaschoiya | 46 |
Ahir Paratharia | 56 |
Anavil Brahman | 65 |
Arab | 74 |
Audichaya Brahman | 82 |
Bahurupi | 91 |
Labana | 736 |
Lad Vania | 740 |
Lamechu | 749 |
Langha | 755 |
Lodha | 761 |
Lohar Kanthawala | 771 |
Lohar Nagori | 785 |
Mahar | 798 |
Bajania | 99 |
61 | 103 |
BamchaBavchaBavecha | 108 |
Banjara Muslim | 116 |
Barda | 124 |
Arab | 176 |
Bafan | 190 |
BohraDaudi | 486 |
Baria | 496 |
Kharaua | 646 |
Khaskeli | 662 |
Khatri | 670 |
Khavas | 676 |
Khoja | 681 |
Koli | 693 |
KoliGhedia | 712 |
Koshti | 722 |
Kotwalia | 726 |
Maiya | 812 |
637 | 834 |
652 | 851 |
670 | 868 |
688 | 882 |
703 | 899 |
717 | 912 |
731 | 928 |
745 | 944 |
761 | 958 |
771 | 972 |
789 | 992 |
Mahar | 1001 |
802 | 1008 |
Mahyavanshi Vankar | 1014 |
818 | 1023 |
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Gujarat, Part 2 Kumar Suresh Singh,Rajendra Behari Lal,Anthropological Survey of India Snippet view - 2003 |
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activities Agaria agricultural Ahir Ahmedabad ataks Banjara bath Bhangi Bharwads Bhil birth Bohras Bombay boys Brahman bride bride price brother called cash caste council cent ceremony is performed Chamar child circumambulation clan clothes consumed Consummation of marriage cremation dead death deity delivery Dhodia district divorce Diwali drinking water elder endogamous Enthoven exogamous facilities father father's sister female festivals girls groom Groundnut oil groups Gujarat Gujarati script Hindu Holi household husband's India inheritance Jamat Kutch labourers linkages male marriage alliances marriage takes place married milk Monogamy mother Muslim Muslim communities Navratri negotiation nikah non-vegetarian nuclear families observed panch panchayat parents Patel patrilocal Patrilocal residence pollution polygyny pregnancy priest programmes pulses Rajput region religious remarriage residence after marriage rice Saurashtra settled seventh month Sindhi sixth day social staple food status Surat taluka tonsure traditional occupation turmeric vegetables vegetarian village wear wheat widow woman women worship younger