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

accept agricultural areas barber bath belong Bengali Bihar birth body boys Brahman bride bridegroom called cash and kind caste cent ceremony child clan clothes collect connected cooking cremation cultivation dead death deities depend Devanagari distributed districts divorce dowry drink economic eldest engaged exists extended facilities father feast female festivals fire followed fuel girls given gotra groups head held Hindi Hindu important India inherit known labourers land lineage mainly male mark marriage married month mother Munda Muslim Muzaffarpur namely negotiation nonvegetarians nuclear observed occupation offered Panchayat participate party performed period person planning pollution practise present pulses receive regional relationship religious residence rice rites ritual sacred Santal schools script share social speak status takes place traditional urad various vegetables vermilion village widow wife woman women worship