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 62
... seers of paddy for about 210 days and the wife for an equal period at 14 seers of paddy a day . Nayakkan has taken a loan of Rs.50 from the master adjustable from the special harvest wages which is 6 potis or 300 seers . By selling ...
... seers of paddy for about 210 days and the wife for an equal period at 14 seers of paddy a day . Nayakkan has taken a loan of Rs.50 from the master adjustable from the special harvest wages which is 6 potis or 300 seers . By selling ...
Page 125
A. Aiyappan. team gets and is one poti or 50 seers . Customarily the man would carry the bag of paddy to his father - in - law who , in his turn , would treat him to a feast and present him with a loin cloth . This annual , payment of ...
A. Aiyappan. team gets and is one poti or 50 seers . Customarily the man would carry the bag of paddy to his father - in - law who , in his turn , would treat him to a feast and present him with a loin cloth . This annual , payment of ...
Page 159
... paddy ) . On the day of commencement of threshing ( okkal a kolakam ( 2 seers ) of paddy is tied up in a piece of cloth and kept on a tree . On the concluding day of the threshing , aval ( flattened rice ) prepared out of this paddy is ...
... paddy ) . On the day of commencement of threshing ( okkal a kolakam ( 2 seers ) of paddy is tied up in a piece of cloth and kept on a tree . On the concluding day of the threshing , aval ( flattened rice ) prepared out of this paddy is ...
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