The Paniyas, an Ex-slave Tribe of South IndiaStudy on the social life of the Paniya tribe in Wayanad, Kerala. |
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... girl is given a sweet preparation of fried rice or ragi flour mixed with coconut scrapings by the chemmi's wife and the guests are also given this sweet . In the evening , the girl is bathed and there is dancing in which the girl also ...
... girl is given a sweet preparation of fried rice or ragi flour mixed with coconut scrapings by the chemmi's wife and the guests are also given this sweet . In the evening , the girl is bathed and there is dancing in which the girl also ...
Page 153
... girl's head , then hips and feet . ( This ceremony suggests that the god gives the girl the purificatory bath ) . Then the chemmi and elders ( both male and female ) go through the symbolic motions of bathing the girl in the same manner ...
... girl's head , then hips and feet . ( This ceremony suggests that the god gives the girl the purificatory bath ) . Then the chemmi and elders ( both male and female ) go through the symbolic motions of bathing the girl in the same manner ...
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... girl . The ceremony is now over and the feast follows . The chemmi counts the cash in the pot of water and then ... girl's mother's brother and 50 paise to the medium dancer . From the paddy used in the ceremony seer is given to the ...
... girl . The ceremony is now over and the feast follows . The chemmi counts the cash in the pot of water and then ... girl's mother's brother and 50 paise to the medium dancer . From the paddy used in the ceremony seer is given to the ...
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