The Paniyas, an Ex-slave Tribe of South IndiaStudy on the social life of the Paniya tribe in Wayanad, Kerala. |
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Page 109
... coconut in his hand and with it touches the head of the individuals present saying , " Children of my clan , you will not hereafter be afflicted by heat and cold " . Then he breaks the coconut on the mortar and usually it breaks clean ...
... coconut in his hand and with it touches the head of the individuals present saying , " Children of my clan , you will not hereafter be afflicted by heat and cold " . Then he breaks the coconut on the mortar and usually it breaks clean ...
Page 140
... coconut cut into halves . The water from the coconut is collected in a saucer and placed near the leaf with rice . Over the rice is placed a lighted cotton wick . With a leaf - spoon , the chemmi and other functionaries pour a few drops ...
... coconut cut into halves . The water from the coconut is collected in a saucer and placed near the leaf with rice . Over the rice is placed a lighted cotton wick . With a leaf - spoon , the chemmi and other functionaries pour a few drops ...
Page 158
... coconut which he now cuts . He sprinkles the remaining coconut water with a brush made of cynodon grass at the corners of all the paddy plots of his master . The object of this ceremony is to ' purify the field as a prophylactic measure ...
... coconut which he now cuts . He sprinkles the remaining coconut water with a brush made of cynodon grass at the corners of all the paddy plots of his master . The object of this ceremony is to ' purify the field as a prophylactic measure ...
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