The Paniyas, an Ex-slave Tribe of South IndiaStudy on the social life of the Paniya tribe in Wayanad, Kerala. |
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A. Aiyappan. A Paniya becomes Kurichiya . My Kurichiya informant , Iranakolli Raman , told me that the Palotan sib of Kurichiyas were originally Paniyas . This promotion was effected by a fiat of the Royal family of Kottayam . The ...
A. Aiyappan. A Paniya becomes Kurichiya . My Kurichiya informant , Iranakolli Raman , told me that the Palotan sib of Kurichiyas were originally Paniyas . This promotion was effected by a fiat of the Royal family of Kottayam . The ...
Page 27
... Kurichiyas . This House is in Edavaka revenue village . Like other land - owning farmers all over Kerala , the Kurichiyas also might have employed slave labour but as their need for the strict observance of ' purity ' grew , the ...
... Kurichiyas . This House is in Edavaka revenue village . Like other land - owning farmers all over Kerala , the Kurichiyas also might have employed slave labour but as their need for the strict observance of ' purity ' grew , the ...
Page 99
... Kurichiyas . Flattened rice mixed with coconut scrapings is the special offering to Malakari and the Paniya medium of Malakari in his talks with the worshippers tries to imitate the Kurichiya style of speech . Puliya : ran is a minor ...
... Kurichiyas . Flattened rice mixed with coconut scrapings is the special offering to Malakari and the Paniya medium of Malakari in his talks with the worshippers tries to imitate the Kurichiya style of speech . Puliya : ran is a minor ...
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