People of India: (pts. 1-2) Bihar, including Jharkhand

accept water adult marriages Agraharis bangles barber Bengali Bhagalpur Bhumij Bihar boys Brahman bride bride-price bride's house bridegroom cash and kind Caste Council cent Chamar chhatti childbirth clan cooking cowdung cakes cremation Devanagari script Dhobi district divorce Diwali dowry Drinking water Durga economic eldest endogamy exogamy extended families family planning father feast female festivals fire wood fuel Ghasi girls gotra Gumla district Hajam Hindi Hindu inter-community Jati Jharkhand Jitia kachcha Kayasthas Kharia known Kshatriyas landless lineage MAHATO Maithili Majhi male marriage ceremony married masur moong mother mundan Muslim mustard oil negotiations nonvegetarians nuclear families observed Panchayat participate party Patna patrilocal performed pollution period practise programmes pucca pucca food puja pulses Purnea Rajputs Ranchi relationships religious remarriage rice Risley rituals sacred share shaved sidha sixth day social staple food sub-castes surnames traditional tube-wells tubers Vaishnav Varna vegetables vermilion mark village wheat widow woman women worship