Some Marriage Customs in Southern India: Deformity and Mutilation ; Uralis, Sholagas and Irulas ; Fire Walking in Ganjám ; Corporal Punishment in Vernacular Schools |
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arms arrow Badagas Bellary district Bráhmans branded bridal pair bride and bridegroom bride's house bride's neck brothers called carried caste chakra chank child Chingleput cloth cocoanut Coimbatore Coimbatore District cotton couple dancing daughter ears father feast feet female fingers FIRE-WALKING flowers forehead Ganjám girl girl's groom head Hindu husband Irulas jungle Kallan Khonds Komatis Kurubas legs Lingayats lobes Mádhvas Mádigas Madras Census Report Madura District Malabar male manaválan Manual Maravar marriage booth marriage ceremony marry maternal uncle milk Muhammadan Mysore Náyars Nellore District Nilgiris North Arcot North Arcot District operation performed placed plantain polyandry pots present priest puberty punishment rági right hand rite round the neck Salem district seat Shólagas shoulder sometimes Southern India stick stone táli táli is tied Tamil tattooed Telugu thread THURSTON tree turmeric Úrális vessel village wedding wife woman women writes as follows Yerukalas young