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Page 136
The father then bathes and cooks rice for himself and his wife . Nobody is allowed to remain in the confinement room except the husband , the wife and the child who are , so to speak , secluded for a month and are regarded as ...
The father then bathes and cooks rice for himself and his wife . Nobody is allowed to remain in the confinement room except the husband , the wife and the child who are , so to speak , secluded for a month and are regarded as ...
Page 137
A ' grain of husked rice is dropped into a pot filled with water and simultaneously a name is suggested . A sewud grain of rice is dropped into the sime pot . If the second grain touches the first one and lie closely parallel to it at ...
A ' grain of husked rice is dropped into a pot filled with water and simultaneously a name is suggested . A sewud grain of rice is dropped into the sime pot . If the second grain touches the first one and lie closely parallel to it at ...
Page 138
The face is clean shaven and the Cremation . forehead is painted with alternate dot marks of vermilion and rice flour diluted in water . It is then placed carefully in the cosfin with its head towards the ...
The face is clean shaven and the Cremation . forehead is painted with alternate dot marks of vermilion and rice flour diluted in water . It is then placed carefully in the cosfin with its head towards the ...
Page 139
After the bath , the party take boiled rice and rice - beer at the house of the deceased , sit there for some time , consoling the bereaved family and then return home . On the third night after the death , a ceremony called Rā - á ...
After the bath , the party take boiled rice and rice - beer at the house of the deceased , sit there for some time , consoling the bereaved family and then return home . On the third night after the death , a ceremony called Rā - á ...
Page 140
One of them comes sprinkling water and scattering boiled rice and the other follows him striking a spade against a ploughshare and thus producing a tinkling sound . On reaching the doɔr of the room they ask , “ Sukuilā ki Dukuilā ?
One of them comes sprinkling water and scattering boiled rice and the other follows him striking a spade against a ploughshare and thus producing a tinkling sound . On reaching the doɔr of the room they ask , “ Sukuilā ki Dukuilā ?
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| Title | The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 5 |
| Author | Bihar Research Society |
| Published | 1919 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2008 |
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